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Originally Posted by Bronsolini
not like 12, but I think 18 is reasonable. Me personally, I, in this past year from June '13 to June '14, have had 4 beers, all with my parents. It used to be 18 then someone decided to ruin the fun of being a teenager. You can say " oh well, they can't handle booze at that age. They're immature" You know who's 21? That Miley Cyrus, is she mature? no. If anything leave it up to the parents. My parents know I'm a good kid and know that, if it was 18, I wouldn't be at the bar nightly getting hammered. If your kid is dumb and irresponsible, keep them away from it as best you can. No one magically matures on their 21st birthday, plenty of people of legal age are morons. I was watching that " What would you do" show and 1 episode had 2 soldiers both 20, try to get a beer and they were refused. Really? So you're telling me at 18, I'm allowed to buy a house, get married, buy cigarettes, adopt, get shot at in battle and go to strip clubs. But drinking a beer is a no-no?
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I was in the Navy and had just seen the country get attacked on 9/11 (on TV, though my father was scheduled to be on Flight 93 but had cancelled the previous night to schedule two meetings in NYC, including one in the late morning at WTC #2), but since I was 20 years and a month old I couldn't drink a glass of scotch or beer to settle my nerves.
I can be executed for a crime at age 18. Can be tried as an adult at age 18. Can be trusted to elect the president at age 18. Can be trusted to take care of myself at age 18.
So why do I have to wait 3 years to drink?
Plus, who actually had to wait until their 21st birthday for their first drink?
I learned Spanish at age 12 just so me and my buddies could get alcohol: "Hola amigo, mi y mis hermanos queremos cerveza. Tengo veinte dolares, el cambio es para ti" was my first phrase I knew in Spanish. We'd go to the day laborers and one guy would always be willing to help out.
And then anyone who went to a college (aside from places like BYU or Bob Jones University) surely had alcohol flowing the moment they arrived on campus.
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