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Originally posted by RubberSoul
you can legally marry at 18, vote at 18, be drafted into the military at 18, be held legally responsible for debts and contracts at 18, be emancipated from your parents at 18, rent pornos at 18, etc etc .
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At the end of the day, the drinking age
IS more about moral regulation than anything to do with actual legal accountability. And anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. The fact that all of the above mentioned facts (save for the porno thing...) do not in any way deal with MORALITY should be a great indicator that it really has nothing to do with an issue of responisibility and what a young adult can and cannot handle. Why not lower the age? As I said before, Canada is hardly a corrupt culture. Are we a more irresponsible society because our drinking age is 2 and 3 years lower? Hardly. And are our societies that drastically different???
Suggesting that 18 or 19 year olds are not yet ready for the responsibility of alcohol is a stupid senseless argument. Some 15 year olds are incredibly responsible and some 46 year old men get into semis while they're drunk and side swipe a car full of young men almost killing them. Who can be so arrogant as to suggest that they can flat out say that people under the age of whatever aren't responsible enough and that all of those older are? If they are deemed old enough to be legally emancipated from their parents, how can the government possibly then say they are not responsible enough to make their own decisions about the consumption of alcohol? It's completely hypocritical. The governement seems to feel that they need play a role in determining the morality and responsiblity of young adults past the time their parents are legally bound too....