Underage DRINKING

[NuclearFusi0n]

Do you give a damn?

 

[Whitecloak]

yes

 

[poopaskoopa]

sure.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Lets see....

I almost hit someone turning into traffic today because they only decided to look right, and not left.
I've seen someone come to a complete stop at all the traffic lights. Including green ones.
I've seen people come off the interstate from the on-ramp.

I'm going to give these people the benefit of the doubt they are SOBER, but that in mind I have to watch out for everyone outside my home drunk or not (so yes, I do have to give a damn out of fear of bodily injury), of age or not. That and mom and dad have a bar, so I could lose the house if the state prosecutes us for serving underage.

-PAB

 

[BurnItDwn]

It Depends, College kids at parties and stuff that dont have to drive anywhere ... I dont think its that bad.
Anyone Drinking and driving (reguardless of age) Does upset me

 

[Linflas]

18-21 I could care less they are adults that can vote, are required to register for the draft, and in theory die for their country. As far as I am concerned it is ridiculous they cannot legally drink alcohol in this country because of the latest round with the "Carrie Nations" in MADD. Under 18 it all depends on amount, frequency, and whether they have access to a car.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Linflas
18-21 I could care less they are adults that can vote, are required to register for the draft, and in theory die for their country. As far as I am concerned it is ridiculous they cannot legally drink alcohol in this country because of the latest round with the "Carrie Nations" in MADD. Under 18 it all depends on amount, frequency, and whether they have access to a car.

Good answer. I'm in agreement with you on this.

A related topic is some weird state laws like in California where you can't buy alcohol from 2am - 6am, and in some other states where you can't buy it on Sundays.. Ridiculous.

 

[Danman]

I could care less if they are drinking at a house and not driving anywhere......I don't want some drunk to kill me or anyone else!

 

[Linflas]

As far as I am concerned many of the problems we have with alcohol in this country come from our inability to deal with alcohol in a rational way. We come from a culture that has over 2000 years of social use and acceptance of alcohol and for some reason choose to deal with it like Ross Perot's crazy aunt locked in the attic. We put it on some kind of pedestal as something you can only have access to when you are an adult and oh, by the way, we changed the standard of being an adult for this one special substance. We then wonder why teenagers are so driven to get and drink it and ignore the fact that one of the most important things to most teens is to be perceived as mature and adult.

 

[timmyG]

i dont care but drinking and driving isnt cool.

 

[RSMemphis]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Good answer. I'm in agreement with you on this.

A related topic is some weird state laws like in California where you can't buy alcohol from 2am - 6am, and in some other states where you can't buy it on Sundays.. Ridiculous.

Heh! Welcome to Ohio... I normally don't buy alcohol, but I did want to get one for a party later that day and got the grocery shopping done early.
I had previously lived in Virginia, and was oblivious to such laws.

I guess it is so that you can't go drunk to church... LOL!

 

[SpongeBob]

I did it, so it would be pretty hypocritical of me to say it's wrong.

 

[Hammer]

Anyone here NOT do underage drinking? Even once?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: SpongeBob
I did it, so it would be pretty hypocritical of me to say it's wrong.

Well at least you recognize the hypocrisy of most of the lawmakers and others that deal with this on a day to day basis. Everyone of them most likely participated in this activity at one time or another in their lives yet today stand on soapboxes preaching the "evils of demon rum".

 

[smp]

Where I come from there is no drinking age and you don't see firey car wrecks every friday night, nor are there drunken 14 year old mothers hanging out by the wal-mart. If you're 14 and you drink that's your business as far as I'm concerned, just don't go driving a car (duh! this applies to everyone) or operating heavy machinery. The 21 age limit in the states is ludicrous :|
19 here in Onterrible is ludicrous as well, 18 is more like it .. and exactly like what Astaroth33 said, you can vote, and you can die in a war .. but you can't smoke or drink??? How in gods holy name does that make any fvcking sense? You can be 18 and star in a porno movie yet you can't drink or buy cigarettes??? People wonder why kids are shooting up schools and sh!t, give those kids some booze and they'll be able to drink their problems away, that or just drink untill they decide to just kill themselves... at least they won't be killing each other with automatic weapons.

Alcohol, the solution to, and cause of all of lifes problems.

 

[bGIveNs33]

Actually... I believe there is no drinking age on a military base. So in theory, you can be drunk while you die for your country.

-Billy

 

[jackpot]

There's some losers in college on this forum...

and underage drinking automatically means drunk driving? wtf? I guess it feels better when a drunk with a license hits you instead of a 19 year old?

 

[smp]

Originally posted by: jackpot
There's some losers in college on this forum... and underage drinking automatically means drunk driving? wtf? I guess it feels better when a drunk with a license hits you instead of a 19 year old?

Jackpot

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: bGIveNs33
Actually... I believe there is no drinking age on a military base. So in theory, you can be drunk while you die for your country.

-Billy

Nice way to trivialize the discussion. No one suggested being drunk while on duty. What we are discussing here is underage drinking and what that age should be. Like anything else in life the consumption of alcohol carries with it certain responsibilities such as not flying aircraft, driving cars, operating heavy machinery, or performing military duties while under the influence. It was true when I was in the military that you could drink on base at 18 irregardless of what the local laws stated but I have no idea if that holds true today.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

As long as they arent hurting anyone else when they drink I don't care. Like, no drinking and driving, or if they do it in their own place minding their own business. It's all find with me.

 

[mchammer187]

if you dont drive

i'll supply the beer

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: bGIveNs33
Actually... I believe there is no drinking age on a military base. So in theory, you can be drunk while you die for your country.

-Billy

Not true. I was in the Army 14 years (got out in '99) and when we had "Commanders Time" we could not let the underage guys drink. However, there were lots of guys that were of age that did not drink, so there were lots of non-alcoholic refreshments available too.

 

[UberDave]

no i don't.

leave me alone. let the idiots who make attention to theirselves get busted.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

You should be able to do anything you want in the privacy of your own home. Anything.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: Linflas
18-21 I could care less they are adults that can vote, are required to register for the draft, and in theory die for their country. As far as I am concerned it is ridiculous they cannot legally drink alcohol in this country because of the latest round with the "Carrie Nations" in MADD. Under 18 it all depends on amount, frequency, and whether they have access to a car.

Good answer. I'm in agreement with you on this.

A related topic is some weird state laws like in California where you can't buy alcohol from 2am - 6am, and in some other states where you can't buy it on Sundays.. Ridiculous.

i live in CT in the summer and it has the most rediculous liquor laws around.....check this out

mon - saturday - grocery stores have to stop selling beer by 8 pm. Liquor stores have to stop selling liquor and beer also at 8 pm
bars last call is 12:45 a.m.
on the weekends if you offer a full food menu or have a special after hours liscense last call can be extended till 1:45 a.m.

SUNDAY NO ALCHOL CAN BE BOUGHT UNLESS YOUR IN A BAR

no such thing as beer at a gas station or convience store only offered at grocery stores, liquor stores, and bars/restaurants

simply terrible.......FVCK CONNECTICUT