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Originally Posted by Rightnyer
Yes, they broke the rules. But only a fool blindly submits to rules simply because they are rules. The 21 year old drinking age is stupid. As is punishing people for violating it. Punishments should be proportional to the offense. There are many people who argue that as long as you knew of the consequences, you were stupid for doing what you did to break the rules. But this could be applied to anything. An extreme example is cutting off the hands of thieves. The fact that something is a rule doesn't make it right.
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Welcome back, Hampton. Flouncees can never stay away. I don't disagree that 21 year old drinking age is stupid, but it's the law. Take it up with your congressman. Until then, stupid or not, your chapter broke the terms of your probation. You knew the consequences of not following your probation. The purpose of probation is to improve on previous poor behavior and to prove that you can follow the rules (or at least effectively hide the breaking of such rules better than you did previously.) Apparently, as smart as all of you think you are, you just aren't smart enough to play the game. If you think this is rough, wait til you get out into the real world. Employers don't listen to your type of arguments anymore than Fraternity HQs or University Administrations do.
BTW, what is your definition of "Moderate" drinking? Just wondering what you think would be the cause of taking a person to the hospital other than alcohol poisoning when he has been "moderately" drinking? I don't buy the "he has a medical condition" BS...moderately drinking is equivalent of binge drinking and leads to alcohol poisoning. How do you know what a person can or cannot handle?
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