+281 We can vote to decide who runs our country and we can enlist to defend it with weapons of mass destruction, yet we aren't old enough to have a drink. There is something wrong here... amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

theres nothing really wrong with it. because if they let 18s drink there going to be stupid about it. and our brain isnt fully ready for it. look up statistics.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

so rather than give 18 year old the choice to drink or not, they give them a choice on who runs the country or let them operate firearms... whos to say their brains are or are not developed enough for that

by Anonymous 14 years ago

My math teacher says the drinking age should be 19, as some 18 year olds are still in high school

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My brother mentioned this point, I fully agree.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So? Some 18-year-olds aren't in high school. I don't get what one has to do with the other.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

alcohol doesn't belong in high school, and if the drinking age is lowered to 18, alcohol would be a lot more easily brought in

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ohh. Well then.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not in Canada!! :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not in the rest of the world... Speak for yourself.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So you're old enough to get shot, but not old enough to take a shot.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People enlisted in the army don't use WMDs. It's not like they hand each soldier a nuke and say "Here you go!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My friend has a huge rant about all this, and I totally agree. The first time a lot of Americans will have their first drink is when they're on their own, and they don't really have a reliable way to get home. Whereas in Britain, they're allowed to drink at a younger age in public when their parents are around to be around. Also, kids are going to drink it anyway, and over here, it's not totally socially unacceptable to get drunk like it is in many countries.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If I can legally kill a man, I should be able to get drunk

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you enlist in the army, there isn't any drinking age restrictions on any bases... Don't want to start anything, just throwing it out there.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's better than making that kind of decision drunk.

by Anonymous 12 years ago