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But you see we're not debating whether or not people should drink. In
a perfect world, there might not be alcohol. But the fact is people,
including people under 21, do drink. The question is how to reduce the
harm of people drinking.

Matt

Steve Nye <nye@nospam.gtx.com> wrote:

>Rob Rodgers wrote:
>> 
>> Tom Alciere <talciere@xtdl.com> wrote:
>> >BTW I don't like cops.
>> 
>> So, what, are we supposed to be impressed?
>> 
>> Most of the people I know went through (and got over) that little
>> phase back when they were sixteen or seventeen and have grown up since
>> then.

>Rob,


>These young people (college kids) (and I DO mean KIDS) are entering into
>the adult world so rapidly and really don't know about the consequences
>of their actions. Alcohol use causes so many problems in society, from
>addiction -- to killing other innocent victims. Look what happened right
>here in the DC area yesterday:
>===============================
>> 
>> -0-
>> 
>> A canoe trip ended in tragedy for four Reston men early Sunday.
>> Nineteen-year old Jabar Ahmed Freeman Yusuf of Turkey Wing Court,
>> drowned when the canoe overturned at Lake Audubon. The three other men
>> managed to swim to safety. Fairfax County Police say alcohol was a
>> factor in the accident.
>================================

>If this 19 year old hadn't been drinking he would probably be alive
>today. So sad........

>		Steve Nye