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Cody wrote on Feb 10, 2008 2:03 PM:

" Ok, first off I do think this should be passed, I enlisted in the army at 17 years old, not 18, and you know that saying is true, if I able to serve my country, I should be able to drink, and no there is no difference to age drinking, I was hit on my motorcycle by some thirty something year old and I woke up in a ambulance, then some people say that us teenagers are the ones causing accidents, no its the older people who do 40 mph on the highway and don't use blinkers, or look in their mirrors, that is why most accidents happen and when the police show up, they take the older persons side because we are teenagers and don't know how to drive. "

wiifan wrote on Sep 27, 2007 12:30 AM:

" I think the drinking age should be 18, with minors being allowed to drink in their parents' homes under supervision. That way, people will start drinking in the presence of people who encourage responsible drinking, not with people who encourage getting drunk. There is absolutely no switch that flips inside a person to make him/her responsible enough to drink at any particular age; people just need to start drinking in the right environment. "

wow wrote on Sep 16, 2007 9:55 PM:

" BN Republican...brilliant logic! Time for church? Time to be real. Drinking alcohol does not make one agnostic or a bad person. "

I am not a drinker wrote on Sep 16, 2007 8:41 PM:

" and believe me- I could criticize drinkers and their sloppiness, their danger and the ridiculousness all day long. But the truth is, 18 year olds in my estimation are no sloppier, nor more dangerous and no more ridiculous than 30, 50 or 70 year olds who drink. What's fair is fair. Reduce the age. "

MRS. wrote on Sep 16, 2007 6:15 PM:

" We hear about teen drivers having accident at an alarming rate why would anyone want to give then alcohol too. "

Sarcastro wrote on Sep 16, 2007 12:04 PM:

" Everyone's against lowering the drinking age. Would you support raising the smoking age to 21? No, that would be taking away your precious "right" to smoke. "

Fyi wrote on Sep 16, 2007 11:42 AM:

" Rather than lowering the drinking age, how about we increase the minimum age for joining the military to 21. It is absurd to believe that 18 is old enough to kill/die for this nation, but not old enough to drink. If 18 isn't old enough to drink, then it shouldn't be old enough to control wmd's. "

Steve wrote on Sep 16, 2007 11:22 AM:

" Why aren't any of these kids organizing anti-war protests or rallies against are corporate rulers or anything else of importance. This generation is so shallow, it makes me sick! "

to Normal resident wrote on Sep 16, 2007 9:44 AM:

" Got news for you. High schoolers already drink a lot... "

Mr. President! Jody called wrote on Sep 16, 2007 8:49 AM:

" TEN HUT!!!I don't know what I've been told,dis hear beer sure is cold. "

Normal resident wrote on Sep 16, 2007 8:45 AM:

" Please can someone tell me how lowering the drinking age will curb "binge drinking"? Do 18-20 year olds think .... "we might get caught drinking so let's drink as much as we can as fast as we can'? That is the biggest bu!! sh!! I have ever heard. If the age is lowered to 18 then the 15- 17 year olds will binge drink. Well hell.. let's just not have a drinking age all together then. "

Gary wrote on Sep 16, 2007 8:00 AM:

" Most of these young college students, forget what they are going to school for. "

to How About... wrote on Sep 16, 2007 7:39 AM:

" How about we make a law that an individual is only granted "true citizenship" after he or she serves in the military? Your vote means nothing unless you give your sacrifice for this country. Are you saying that the experiance the military gives is only good for those over 21? This comment makes no sense. Illinois vets go to school for free on the IVG. They get the GI Bill on top of that. $ signs??? Yes, i lived very comfortably going to college. I should have. I spent 5 years serving this great nation so that dasies like you could grow in the flower garden fertilized by manure. "

Just A Guy wrote on Sep 16, 2007 7:16 AM:

" To: Satx. I'm not a typical liberal. I don't like the "ultra" one side or the other people. BN Republican happens to be on the ultra-rightwing side. "

VAMONS wrote on Sep 16, 2007 4:24 AM:

" HECK, JUST LOWER IT TO 16 AND GET IT OVER WITH....YOU CAN DRIVE THEN.... "

Candy wrote on Sep 16, 2007 1:49 AM:

" Have to wonder what beer company is paying him. "

Well, this 'technology' wrote on Sep 16, 2007 12:44 AM:

" worker needs to learn some technology about alcohol abuse. BULL on the deal of 'old enough to fight a war - old enough to drink.' The age to fight a war should be 21 anyway. We are getting to be a society of nothing but people who cannot seem to function in the real world without mind altering substances. What is WRONG with being clean and sober????? "

How bout... wrote on Sep 15, 2007 10:40 PM:

" Raise the age to join the military to 21... half the reason most of our finest are over there fighting for us is the brainwashing they recieved by a smarmy recruiter. They saw dollar signs for enlistment bonuses, and the recruiter saw a body for a quota. "

satx wrote on Sep 15, 2007 9:55 PM:

" To Just A Guy, a typical liberal, if you don't agree with their view, you have no right to speak up and voice it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be able to voice it in a civil manner without being shouted down or told to leave. Prohibition did not work in the 20's and would not work again. Their are solid scientific reasons for not lowering the drinking age to 18. The brain is not fully developed until in the 20's. "

Old Enough to Vote and Die, Old Enough to Drink wrote on Sep 15, 2007 8:36 PM:

" Where do I sign? There should be a national drinking age of 18...problem solved. If you're old enough to take a bullet for your country, you are old enough to have a beer, plain and simple. Lowering the age would reduce binge drinking all across America's campuses and put hundreds of cops out of work - two positives. "

Just A Guy wrote on Sep 15, 2007 8:32 PM:

" Sign binding contracts, vote, own property, join the military, get married without parental consent, purchase firearms, become a firefighter (in some municipalities), drive heavy equipment, be out at night without a state curfew, smoke tobacco....but not drink. Something is amiss here. Also, BN Republican, go away. You're ultra-rightwingedness isn't wanted here. "

BN Republican wrote on Sep 15, 2007 7:16 PM:

" If you have time for booze, you have time for church. TIme to bring back prohibition. "

If you're old enough wrote on Sep 15, 2007 5:12 PM:

" .. to fight in a war and die for our country, you should be old enough to do anything else you legally want to. "

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