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[–] • 2 pts

I don’t understand how people can be allowed to vote but not drink. Once you reach the age of majority you’re supposed to have the same rights as everyone else. That’s a pretty fundamental aspect to a republic I’d have thought. Even things like minimum age for President are wrong imho (we have a min age in Ireland too, and voted to retain only a few years ago, but I still think it’s wrong.) How can you say somebody is mature enough to be involved in the running of the country but not mature enough to have a glass of wine with their meal? I think the best approach is to raise the voting age and the age for lots of other things can then be raised too if people want, but wherever you set the voting should be the max age that can be set for anything else.

[–] • 5 pts

Easy. Voting is meaningless, but exists as a pressure release valve for society's frustrations. Every few years, you're expected to go to a booth, throw a piece of paper into a black-hole, and then blame everyone else around you for things none of you have ever controlled.

Drinking is a release valve too, and a very profitable one. It's profitability is maximized by denying it to you for the first 2 decades of your life, until it becomes a forbidden fruit that you're grateful to indulge in.

[–] • 1 pt

Drinking is a waste of time. Muslims have it right with drinking. Actually muslims have it right with a lot of shit.

[–] • 3 pts

A lot of stupid shit happened after prohibition is the answer. And you have the likes of MADD keeping it that way. There is an argument for raising the age of responsibility to 21 generally but obvs the military needs you at 18 at the latest

[–] • 0 pt

It didn't use to e this way. In some states you can drink with a parent present. When I was a kid I could buy cigarettes, but then they changed it to 16, then after I turned 16 they changed it to 18. Now it's 21.

[–] • 0 pt

It didn't use to e this way. In some states you can drink with a parent present. When I was a kid I could buy cigarettes, but then they changed it to 16, then after I turned 16 they changed it to 18. Now it's 21.