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jason james <jimjames@wam.umd.edu> wrote:

>OK!,
>            People who advocate the right to drink are only advocating thier immaturity. Some
>times laws are innacted to protect us and protect you. A good example to ponder, why not let a 13
>year old drive a car a ten year old buy a gun. I mean it is one group "imposing" it's rule over
>another. That really is a lame LAME reason to give 18 year olds the right to drink. Better yet,
>when your parents enacted rules the where is most cases inacting arbritrary rules over a
>minority.......But you still had to follow them.

So the law says you're immature, but if you fight the law, then you're
being immature for fighting the law! Talk about a no-win situation!

>            Anyone who is willing to assault police for rules developed by the democratic
>process, should be drug out and shot. These men and women are doing a job that we charge them to
>do. Laws were developed by the majority to protect the minority. It may not be perfect but deal
>with it!
>            Finally, food for thought. If it was a wise idea to change the drinking age to 18
>dont you think it would have been done.

Who needs democracy any more then? If any laws needed changing, they
would have been changed already!

:)
Matt

 Think about it the majority had to have been 18, 19, or
>20 to reach 21, right..... Why then havent the majority enacted laws so the younger generation
>may drink. I mean if its such a good idea don't you think people would have tried to enact
>legislation to lower the age. Well once people turned about 21 or so they realized it would not
>be such a good idea as they thought when they were 18-20. Also, if it was wise dont you think
>alcohol companies would be pushing to lower the age of 21. Well thier not, also 75% of all
>violent crimes are commited under alcohol. And 90% of all drug addicts started drinking first.

>                                                                            B.B.G

>Arun Muthuswami wrote:

>> Hi:
>>
>> I have been following this thread for quite a while now and find it very interesting reading.
>> Can anyone tell me why really the legal drinking age here in the US is 21? Why is it such a
>> "big deal"? Is it because of crime, potential or pre-existing... why i ask this is because
>> where I am from, the legal drinking age is 18 (Quebec, Canada)...even though teen drinking is
>> prevalent, that hasn't stopped the age limit being increased. forgive me for asking such
>> thought provoking Qs...just that this 21-stuff makes me wonder...
>>
>> Thanks...
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