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Sigmagrrl-
If you actually read most of the posts that support lowering the drinking age, it's all about the right of an individual (who is held accountable as an adult in every other way) to make the choice of having an alcoholic drink. It's not about getting wasted at the next party, it's about being treated as an adult. Growing up is having choices and being made accountable for them. Obviously your friends made some unfortunate wrong choices, and were held accountable for them. You can't say that people who constantly go get wasted, don't know that they're making the wrong choice. Making them the victim of not knowing better is crap, because they do, they knowingly made the wrong choice in overindulgence. There are many people who have grown up in the absolute worst environment and had unfortunate luck, and yet they made all the right choices and grew up to be successful.
The argument is that an 18 year old who is accountable as an adult in the military, for a crime, in financial litigation should be allowed to make the choice of consuming an alcoholic beverage. I support that choice.
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