Announcement

Collapse

Civics 101 Guidelines

Want to argue about politics? Healthcare reform? Taxes? Governments? You've come to the right place!

Try to keep it civil though. The rules still apply here.
See more
See less

What should the drinking age be?

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • What should the drinking age be?

    That is the question. As an 18-year-old, I'd kind of prefer if they lowered the drinking age to 18 (at least for private consumption) like they had pre-mid-1980s. I don't drink and even if it were legal I probably wouldn't, but a lot of my underage friends do. They seem to do it responsibly, or at least they don't get too drunk when I'm around, and only seem to drink on weekends. But to be fair I don't hang out with people who go to crazy frat parties. One fairly moderate proposal I heard was to allow the drinking of one glass of beer or wine at restaurants or bars for people starting at the age of 18. This would hopefully allow young people to learn responsible drinking habits and not get alcohol in sketchy areas. They could even lower the store purchasing age to 19 and not have to worry about high school seniors giving alcohol to other high schoolers. What are your thoughts on the issue?
    Find my speling strange? I'm trying this out: Simplified Speling. Feel free to join me.

    "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."-Jeremy Bentham

    "We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."-Orson Scott Card

  • #2
    Some states still have an 18 year age for beer and wine. at least with parental supervision.
    Last edited by Sparko; 03-25-2017, 06:05 AM.

    Comment


    • #3
      0. The amount of grief caused by alcohol indicates that its a great evil. Barring that, keep it at 21 since I think it might lead to rises in dui by minors.
      "Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
      Hear my cry, hear my shout,
      Save me, save me"

      Comment


      • #4
        Originally posted by Sparko View Post
        Some states still have an 18 year age for beer and wine. at least with parental supervision.
        I thought that most if not all allow children to have a glass of wine with their meals -- in their homes, not restaurants.

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

        Comment


        • #5
          Originally posted by stfoskey15 View Post
          That is the question. As an 18-year-old, I'd kind of prefer if they lowered the drinking age to 18 (at least for private consumption) like they had pre-mid-1980s. I don't drink and even if it were legal I probably wouldn't, but a lot of my underage friends do. They seem to do it responsibly, or at least they don't get too drunk when I'm around, and only seem to drink on weekends. But to be fair I don't hang out with people who go to crazy frat parties. What are your thoughts on the issue?
          For all drunken students who are annoying public nuisance, put them in stocks!!
          Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

          Comment


          • #6
            Drinking age didn't effect my generation.
            The last Christian left at tweb

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by Trout View Post
              Drinking age didn't effect my generation.
              You sneaked a beer when you could get away with it just like every other red blooded 'Merican kid

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

              Comment


              • #8
                There shouldn't be a drinking age. Nanny state's gotta nanny, though.
                Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
                sigpic
                I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

                Comment


                • #9
                  At the age of 18 you are apparently regarded as mature/competent enough to:
                  1) Smoke
                  2) Vote
                  3) Get drafted
                  4) Enter contracts
                  5) Be tried as an adult in court
                  6) Be elected to most public offices
                  (it's true some of these can be done at ages lower than 18 under certain circumstances, but 18 is when they can always be done)

                  Yet, somehow, you're not regarded as mature/competent enough to drink?

                  Maybe they could do it like they do in Germany, where they have two separate ages: One for drinking spirits, and one for drinking non-spirits alcohol. Keep 21 for spirits but lower it to 18 for the non-spirits like beer and wine.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    21 because alcohol is harmful to developing brains.
                    "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                      21 because alcohol is harmful to developing brains.
                      In that case it should be 25 since the brain is still developing until then.

                      I'm always still in trouble again

                      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        25 sounds good.
                        sigpic

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Originally posted by TheWall View Post
                          25 sounds good.
                          I lived through the Vietnam War when young men were drafted and sent to fight and die but weren't old enough to drink a beer. That was the original reason that the age was dropped to 18 from 21.

                          I'm always still in trouble again

                          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                            I lived through the Vietnam War when young men were drafted and sent to fight and die but weren't old enough to drink a beer. That was the original reason that the age was dropped to 18 from 21.
                            When was it first instituted? I'm guessing it came out of the temperance movement of the 19th century.
                            Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                            Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
                            sigpic
                            I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Originally posted by TheWall View Post
                              25 sounds good.
                              Ye can take my red meat but ye cannae take my beer.

                              "Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us!"
                              "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay here and cause all kinds of trouble."
                              Katniss Everdeen


                              Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast.

                              Comment

                              Related Threads

                              Collapse

                              Topics Statistics Last Post
                              Started by little_monkey, 03-27-2024, 04:19 PM
                              16 responses
                              159 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post One Bad Pig  
                              Started by whag, 03-26-2024, 04:38 PM
                              53 responses
                              400 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post Mountain Man  
                              Started by rogue06, 03-26-2024, 11:45 AM
                              25 responses
                              114 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post rogue06
                              by rogue06
                               
                              Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 09:21 AM
                              33 responses
                              198 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post Roy
                              by Roy
                               
                              Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 08:34 AM
                              84 responses
                              375 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post JimL
                              by JimL
                               
                              Working...
                              X