Ditto...

They are drinking already may as we move it to 18. I can say that I drank more before I was 18 then after I was 21.

Personally I drank more before I was twenty one than after.So the drinking age doesn't keep kids who want to drink from doing so. I do think they maybe if I was legally able to drink then I would have done so more responsibly. I sit here a little older and not much wiser but it is absolutely a miracle that I didn't get hurt or hurt someone who was innocent.

Me too. By the time I was old enough to go to bars, I was already tired of going.

I like the idea. 18 year old girls in bars! Look out!

I had my first taste of Bud from my dad at about 3 (with pic). I got drunk the first time on Tequila when I was in 7th grade at a friends house.

This guideline only gives the authorities the authority to make a move. Responsible parenting is the key.

Haven't we done this before in Texas ?.
I remember the long ride to Liberal, Kansas to get a beer when I turned 18. ( a Texas panhandle tradition)

I had High School buddies that would walk in a bar and
order a beer , when asked for ID they would respond,
"They Don't ask for ID In Saigon", They would either be served or thrown out.

I also remember Beer Joints with drive thru window , and
getting to go beer in a plastic cup. What year was that ?

Mo

18 for military leave it at 21 for civilians. The argument of it curbing binge drinking is a joke. I had a place in my hometown that started selling to me when I was 16 and never ID'd me. It is true if kids want to drink they will find the alcohol but I don't want a bunch of 18,19,20 year old schmucks in the bars. It will just cause more problems.

sounds like a plan

Hey watch it about the senyers!

Easy pickins

Drop it. If your are old enough to die for your country then your are old enough to drink with the ones that have survived and tost to those who didn't.

No problem.

Drop the mil age to 18 and confine their intake to on-base only.

I would be okay with those that are active in the military being able to drink on base...Other than that, it should be left alone...

3.2 beer

So what does being in the military have to do with earning the right to drink at age 18?

Nothing. The arguement by some in support of this is that if you are old enough to fight for your country(18), then you should be old enough to drink.


Don't let your contempt for the United States military cloud you reading skills.

Joining the military shows a level of responsible behavior devoid in many 18-21 year old kids who go to college to party.

I wouldn't think you would understand. People actually respect the military.

Old nuff to kill, old nuff to swill

If caught drinkin underage would you have to join the military?

drinkin made me join the military

I wish they would raise the age limit to 50, it was more fun when it was illegal.

HA HA HA HA

RIGHT!

They are the exact same kids who would drink at a college party but instead didn't have the initial $$$ or the Grades to get into college.