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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
I am not going to infer from what you have written as to were you stand on the drinking age "controversy" but I for one believe we should really rethink this law. Wouldn't it be better to change it back to 18 for beer and wine but also increase the age for an unrestricted driver's license to 18 as well? Kids can have permits for driving with limited privileges.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
Yes it would, but no congressmen have the balls to propose it. The MADD lobby is out of control even though the org itself is a cluster#%ck. There is a group of college presidents trying to do exactly what you mentioned.
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You don't have to infer, I'll tell you outright...I'm for bringing it back down to 18. I don't think you need to change the driving age. I think you need to have very strict consequences for drinking and driving with none of the second chance crap that a lot of these multiple offenders got away with years ago. The problem with drinking and driving wasn't age related, it was cultural and enforcement related.
I agree with 33, though, no one has the balls to go against MADD which is populated with a bunch of teetotalers who can't understand that they are turning future generations into binge drinkers instead of normal social drinkers. We all know the things that go along with this like rape, alcohol poisoning, assault, etc. It doesn't stop when they leave college. I have friends from medical school that still drink like this (including my husband when he gets around his friends, which is luckily not often.) It has become a societal norm for anyone below a certain age...which is SAD!