Should there be a minimum drinking age?

[Wiztopia]

im 13 im not going to clarify weather i drink or not but when i lived in Italy i did theirs no Drinking age their i belive it should be Reduced its not like its smokeing or Heroin it dosent mess you up to bad unless you drink to much maybe for people under 18 they should only be able to drink maybe a glass of wine a day or Equvilent in any other liqour accept hard liqour (Whiskey Vodka Taquila ect)

Judging by your grammar and spelling, you have been drinking far more than you should have been.

That is certainly up for debate.

But I think the drinking age should at the very least be lowered, and possibly removed. Demystifying alcohol will prevent kids from drinking to excess.

I doubt it.

Why?

[Coccygia]

Because a person's education is the most important thing in their lives.

That is certainly up for debate.

But I think the drinking age should at the very least be lowered, and possibly removed. Demystifying alcohol will prevent kids from drinking to excess.

No, it won't, because "mystified" or not, it still gets you drunk. What on Earth makes you have such a nonsensical idea?

[Augarundus]

I'm an anarchist, so...

[Esternial]

That is certainly up for debate.

But I think the drinking age should at the very least be lowered, and possibly removed. Demystifying alcohol will prevent kids from drinking to excess.

No, it won't, because "mystified" or not, it still gets you drunk. What on Earth makes you have such a nonsensical idea?

That's true.

And alcohol doesn't solve anything.
That being said, neither does Cola.

[Gernonai]

There should be laws against selling alcohol to minors, but drinking it underage should not be prohibited

[New Embossia]

No! That'd mean more money for the Feds!

[Ageleia]

yes.
though it might not be very practical.
i mean, the minimum age we have here is 18 and yet i know quite a few people under 18 who drink.

[Coccygia]

There should be laws against selling alcohol to minors, but drinking it underage should not be prohibited

Yah, that approach (selling illegal, use legal) worked so nicely during Prohibition dinnit?

[Farnhamia]

There should be laws against selling alcohol to minors, but drinking it underage should not be prohibited

Yah, that approach (selling illegal, use legal) worked so nicely during Prohibition dinnit?

Sure, then all the kids could dress up like ... like this.

[Wiztopia]

That is certainly up for debate.

But I think the drinking age should at the very least be lowered, and possibly removed. Demystifying alcohol will prevent kids from drinking to excess.

No, it won't, because "mystified" or not, it still gets you drunk. What on Earth makes you have such a nonsensical idea?

There would be less drunk driving accidents.

[Quelesh]

I believe in lowering the legal age of majority to 16, and that would include everything from the right to vote to the right to drink. However, I believe that the military should not be able to recruit anybody other than members of Congress, until such time as the fuckers stop sending us into such stupid wars, so military enlistment age would probably have to be higher than 16.

You have to be 25 to be in Congress. The Constitution actually mandates that one. I agree though: let members of Congress serve a tour in Afghanistan and then let's see what they say about the war(s).

I also agree with lowering the age of majority to 16, but in my view that would only be a stepping stone to lower ages.

[Salandriagado]

I believe it should be 21 years. Someone younger, who are unable to understand the dangers of alcohol, could easily consume far and become an alcoholic, the tragedy.

And you call yourself a libertarian? That is blatant hypocrisy.

[Voerdeland]

Does drinking at 16 affect their educational attainment?

No. I drink alcohol and still have very good notes. Also, while I respect your opinion, I don't understand that you're surprised. Where do you live? Haven't you ever seen drinking teenagers?

[Simon Cowell of the RR]

Does drinking at 16 affect their educational attainment?

No. I drink alcohol and still have very good notes. Also, while I respect your opinion, I don't understand that you're surprised. Where do you live? Haven't you ever seen drinking teenagers?

And there we go, ladies and gentlemen, one person out of c. 7 billion says that alcohol does not affect him. That means, because of this amazing scientific evidence, that it should be given to minors.

[Voerdeland]

Minimum drinking age be lowered to 15 or 16 for beer, wine etc., but should stay at 18 (or be lowered to 18 in some countries) for "strong" alcoholic beverages like vodka.

[Voerdeland]

No. I drink alcohol and still have very good notes. Also, while I respect your opinion, I don't understand that you're surprised. Where do you live? Haven't you ever seen drinking teenagers?

And there we go, ladies and gentlemen, one person out of c. 7 billion says that alcohol does not affect him. That means, because of this amazing scientific evidence, that it should be given to minors.

Where did I say that? I said that not all alcohol-drinking teenagers are addicts with no chances for a decent future.

[Wiztopia]

No. I drink alcohol and still have very good notes. Also, while I respect your opinion, I don't understand that you're surprised. Where do you live? Haven't you ever seen drinking teenagers?

And there we go, ladies and gentlemen, one person out of c. 7 billion says that alcohol does not affect him. That means, because of this amazing scientific evidence, that it should be given to minors.

Yet you're one ignorant person out of the thousands on NSG.

[Bottle]

No. I drink alcohol and still have very good notes. Also, while I respect your opinion, I don't understand that you're surprised. Where do you live? Haven't you ever seen drinking teenagers?

And there we go, ladies and gentlemen, one person out of c. 7 billion says that alcohol does not affect him. That means, because of this amazing scientific evidence, that it should be given to minors.

Really? Where did he say "alcohol does not affect him"? I don't see that. Perhaps I haven't had enough to drink yet today...

[Angleter]

I think that, as in France et al, alcohol should- in small and diluted amounts, getting stronger as the child gets older- be given to children (over the age of about 7 or 8), always as part of a meal, to 'normalise' it and make it seem like any other drink, and not as something that one's told to absolutely NOT TOUCH until one's 16/18/21, and thus something one's more likely to go and get pissed on at the first opportunity (and then frequently after that) when one's old enough.

[The IOAS]

You can get married, kill yourself with cancer sticks, gamble in some states, die in combat for your country, but you can't come home, turn on the Xbox and drink a cold beer. Go figure.

[Wienholdland]

No. Just about everyone is drinking regularly by 16 anyway. The law says 19...