I'd always heard that if you're 18-21 and in the military,
it IS legal for you to drink.....as long as its on base or you
get it from the post commissary or something like that.
Maybe some brother with recent military exp. can clear that
up.
I have mixed views on the drinking age. The effect of lowering/
raising it really depends on the culture. Like in Germany,
little kids get beer (I've even heard of it being put in baby
bottles). They grow up knowing when enough is enough.
They laugh at US kids who think "underage drinking is COOL!"
and you can't have a party without beer.
Just image a small town in Utah, all Mormon, who don't drink
caffeine or carbonation. Some high school kids sneak out
of the house, sneak into the store and buy a 6-pack.....
of Pepsi! Then they sneak off in the woods to drink it.
They're so COOL! Thats how some Euro.s look at us LOL.
But then again, who cares what the French think!
