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Offline Sandman

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« on: June 01, 2005, 03:44:27 PM »
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050531-110035-3165r.htm


Maybe it will help the Army's recruiting numbers. :aok
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2005, 03:51:14 PM »
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One Wisconsin lawmaker figures if the U.S. military trusts 19-year-olds with a $10 million tank, then the state should trust them with a beer.


  Give em a case and then put em the tanks. Problem solved. :)
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Offline Torque

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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2005, 04:18:50 PM »
so you can vote, be sent off to die in a war, but not have a drink legally, that's asinine.

all should be 18 period.
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2005, 04:22:16 PM »
letting punk kids drive at 16 is bad.  Agree 18 is a good age defining adulthood across the entire legal system.
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2005, 04:27:21 PM »
Its not illegal to drink alcohol if you are under 18 here.

Its illegal to sell alcohol to those, who are under 18.

But once you are 18, you can simply do what ever you want to do....

Sit in park and drink your favourit whisky, vodka....

Or enjoy your beer, while you are sitting on the main squer... (yeep even w/o camo :D )


But most people prefer some confortable pub or bar :cool:
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2005, 10:22:10 PM »
if you can claim yourself as a dependant on your tax form you ought to be able to grab a beer on the way home from work.  

there is no age where you magicly become an adult.  it's when you start pulling your own weight.
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2005, 11:01:04 PM »
^^^^
truth!
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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2005, 09:04:53 AM »
old enough to serve then you are old enough to vote and drink if that is what you desire.

pick an age and make it the same for all those things.

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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2005, 09:19:11 AM »
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Give em a case and then put em the tanks. Problem solved. :)


a fully armed tank!
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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2005, 09:25:15 AM »
hehehe

it was those of us who could drink at 18 which caused them to up the age :)

now-a-days it should be 21 for everything: drive, drink, war as the youth of today do not have a clue
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« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2005, 09:49:53 AM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
old enough to serve then you are old enough to vote and drink if that is what you desire.

pick an age and make it the same for all those things.

lazs
Yep, to include crime and punishment.
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« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2005, 11:04:12 AM »
Isn't this proposition only for 18yr olds in the service?? Does that seem fair?
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« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2005, 03:16:44 PM »
It's a boondoggle that'll never fly. The proposition calls for allowing 19 and 20 year old servicemen and women from Wisconsin to be allowed to drink in Wisconsin. Military ID and a valid Wisconsin drivers license would be required.

Ultimately it would require an act of Congress to allow one state to alter the drinking age for a tiny proportion of it's population. This change is DOA and frankly, I'm not that unhappy. The way our 18-20 year old shiny new E-1s drive around here is already dangerous enough... They are generally a little safer after they've done a tour or two and matured enough to learn that they don't actually have the magical invulnerability and immortality bubble around them.

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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2005, 03:27:14 PM »
Think a law is going to stop 19-20 year olds from drinking in Wisconsin?  The beer capital?

But that ^ is here nor there.  

Drinking age - 16
Driving age - 18
Harsher penalties (excluding jail time) on first time DUI offenders.  Revoke driving privileges, larger fines.  You're gonna drink, then you're gonna be responsible and not drive above the limit.

Maybe some responsibility will develop in the two years before those who choose to drink get behind the wheel.
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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2005, 03:29:29 PM »
just a lot of BS talk. Will never happen. Why?

The 21 yr old drinking age was forced upon the states due to the Fed holding up huge amounts of federal highway funding if they did not raise the drinking age to 21. This was a ploy to attract the votes of the MADD supporters.

No offense to any of the ladies BUT this is another example of the incredible {un}intellegence of the female voter. Thier big gripe was that kids (18-20) were drinking and dying on the highways. True they were, but for the most part they were killing themselves. It's the 40+ mostly white males drinkling at happy hour that were and still are killing the mom & 3 kids in the mini van. These guys are reponsible for more innocent deaths than any number of 18-20 yr olds. Never seen any law to stop these guys.

Problem is all we did was take them out of the clubs and put them in to thier homes and behind shopping malls. They are still drinking and the are still driving. Just more ineffective feel good legislation.
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