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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:23 PM Original message |
States weighing lower age to drink |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. More deregulation? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
110. Hmm. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's about damn time. The drinking age is some unconstitutional bullshit. nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey.... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. agreed |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Prior to WWII, it was illegal to ship anyone under 21 overseas |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
77. Contributions such as yours make visiting this forum ever-worthwhile! |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
100. You could enter Annapolis and West Point at young as 12 in the 1800s. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is movement in the wrong direction. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. You want to raise the drinking age? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. One age. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Agreed. n/t |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. I couldn't agree more !!! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. yeah that makes sense. you can get drunk and drive on the same day. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
95. in a rented car, after joining the army |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
135. and getting married? -nt |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. It should really be 17 |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
81. Ideally? Ban it. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Some people in the 1920s would like to have a word with you. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. I doubt it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. People still drank, they just drank shit--bathtub gin. Killed and blinded more than a few. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #103 |
114. Homemade meth is killing people, too... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #114 |
138. Well, I fail to see your effort at an analogy. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
122. Hardly, it just pushed quality production across the borders. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #122 |
137. Not "hardly." Yes, production went over the border, but yes, bathtub gin was made to make up for |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
102. Yeah, like...uh...SAUDI ARABIA!! No booze there! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
106. You REALLY need to read up on Prohibition |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Evidently Europe has plenty of alcohol-related problems. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Actually it did not criminalize consumption |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Thanks for the correction. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #81 |
113. In 17 days I will celebrate my 10th year of sobriety. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
124. Wow. A Prohibitionist. I thought they were extinct. -nt |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #81 |
131. Or maybe we could build a country in which people felt important... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. It won't do anything, except perhaps free up police manhours |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "Come on, who here let the drinking age stop them from having a beer before they turned 21?" |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. It's very easy to make yourself, too... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. The law in Ohio used to be 18yo for beer. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. When was it 18 here? |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
74. Late 70's You Could Get 3.2 Beer at 18 |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. The law used to be 18 in many states. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
136. Some People Blame Binge Drinking On the Laws That Increased the Legal Age |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
93. I could legally drink in NJ at 18 until that changed, too. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I say either raise the draft and voting age, or lower the drinking age. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Let's raise the enlistment age as well |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
75. I would go for "no deployment before 21" in terms of military service. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hell I went to Ohio U. and the 21 law was a joke but .... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. I used to cross into SD for 3.2 beer. Had to drink by the pitcherful to notice though. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. In Europe the drinking age is 16, and 18 to drive; |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 18 to Drive? |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. College is far more affordable there. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. College seems to be affordable everywhere, but here. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Mine didn't, seems a wrecked car and a DUI are the norm...n/t |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. hopefully no one was seriously injured... |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. For clairfication; |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Glad to hear that |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I'm sorry to hear that..... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Europe's mass-transit systems are much more refined than ours |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. this whole discussion is starting to show how backward; |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. In France, college tuition is 250 Euros. They spend money on education/health care like we with war. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. $385 BUCKS for a College Degree? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Well, it's simply because they have higher priority in their budget than in the US. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
72. Sadly Enough... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
63. Don't forget prisons! We love to spend money on those as well! |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Actually a lot of kids aren't driving at 16 |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. My youngest is 19 and still has no license; |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
68. Most of the kids in my son's high school |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
94. It does seem that a great many of the teens I know spend the |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
104. In some places they have "graduated" licenses. You can drive a moped at fourteen or so, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. I'd support drinking at 16 and not driving til 21 |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
67. I agree, lower the drinking age and raise the driving age |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
86. According to WHO, one in four deaths of European males aged 15 to 29... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
111. But the main thing is they have walkable cities |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd only support this if drunk driving penalties were also increased |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Stiffer penalties for drunk driving are an option |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #64 |
107. Japan is that way, too |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
79. Yeah, our prisons are so empty now. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. I don't mind throwing people in jail who are violent or a danger to others |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. Why not permanent revocation with one DUI? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
101. The only problem with that is that habitual drunks will continue to |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #101 |
112. That's where the second law comes in... |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would rather they bought pot instead. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm on the fence about this issue...but whatever the outcome |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Only if MANDATORY SEATBELT LAWS are enacted in ALL 50 STATES. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
70. the drunks are usually the survivors in crashes |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Eh, it's 50-50 from what I've seen. The drunk is just as likely to die as the victim. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
85. If the state can't control your behavior one way... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. The whole thing (national age) was dubious to begin with... Highway funds |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. also true with the national maximum 55 mph speed limit of the 70's |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Pennsylvania and Vermont were the first states to be blackmailed this way. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
117. Because the Federal Government |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
125. That's certainly interesting. Who, politically, was behind this? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. Don't recall directly, but |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I don't think so. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. I would be against SC and WI changing it just for military. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is legal for minors to drink alcohol in Wisconsin |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. I used to walk into Mexico to drink.... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. When did you "legally" drink before 21 in Wisconsin? |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. 1982 |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Okay... researched and see Wisconsin changed it in 86 |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. many states have loopholes.... |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. Speaking as someone with experience in the subject |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I think it's overprotective parents wanting to meddle in their kids' lives as long as they can. |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. It's a little bit of that. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Yup, a neighbor accross the street from my dad's lets her 14yo daughter drink |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
76. In mid to late seventies the voting age and drinking age was lowered |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
99. Also recall that penalties for DUI back then were not what they are today. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
50. Is there an age when the brain is considered to be fully-developed? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. If so, couldn't we use that to keep them from taking anyone under 25 into the military? |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I think that the point. Before then, they still feel invulnerable and are malleable. |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
52. on the off chance that this happens, watch for a new musical scene the likes of Athens or... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
56. There is some evidence that the higher age level has PROMOTED drinking |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
59. While fully understanding the hazards of booze in youth . . . |
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Ravachol (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
61. Ah, now, that would be something! |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
62. no drinking until 21 is bizarre |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
71. Forbidden Fruit... |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
73. Personally, I have long believed that the drinking and driving ages should be switched. |
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Traction311 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
78. Good |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
84. If you are charged with a felony at 18, |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
87. As someone who was 18 back when that was the drinking age |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
89. Well if you can die for your country you should be able to have a beer. |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. What's to keep 30, 40 or 50 year olds from |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Not enough, apparently. |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
91. lower the drinking age, throw some more excise taxes on alcohol |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
92. You know, I sort of agree with you |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
96. Get rid of the Daylight saving time switching too |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
105. Good. 18 year olds can die for our country in war, but have to drink illegally. (nt) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
108. American attitudes toward alcohol are screwed up beyond belief |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #108 |
129. That is the healthiest way to do it |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
109. If you're old enough to die for your country... |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
118. I think Mojo said it best: |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
120. If you are 18-20 and can't get hold of alcohol, then you just aren't smart enough to drink |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
121. That's a bad Idea.. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
123. Sure--and raise the legal age of driving to 24! |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
126. uhhh... so now u can drink at a younger age but |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
127. uhhh... so now u can drink at a younger age but |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
128. Let them look at Britain. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #128 |
139. Those kids get puke-drunk, many of 'em. They're not like the French or Italian kids, who |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
130. More people will die, in cars especially. But it doesn't make sense to fight and not drink. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
132. Actually, I'd prefer to raise the fight and die age to 25. |
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