I don't want to be too off topic but lately with the whole war and election it just seems like 18 being the age of adulthood, drinking at 21 ... somthing is wrong. In my opinion, if the Government tells you that age 18 you are an adult, you are responsible for all of your own actions and can be prosecuted to the fullest exten of the law in the court room, you can die for your country in war, and vote for your president - but you have to wait 3 years before you're capable of chosing whether or not you want to drink alcohol? To me it says that Government doesn't truly consider you an adult until you're 21, and if that's the case they're sending adolescents off to war and to the voting polls. I'm sure a lot of people say drinking and driving is a huge reason the drinking age is where it is at but on the flip side though you have a lot of people who are 18 and out of high school but they can't go to a bar to hang-out and they don't want to be with the high schoolers at their clubs, necessarilly, so where do they go? I think that a lot of the problems with raves and clubs where ecstacy and other club-drugs are used might be attributed to the fact it's because they're not old enough to go to a bar. What does everyone else think?
Josh isn't off topic at all. Considering all the political discussion on this blog, drinking age seems like a very apt topic. I myself (age 20) have never had a drink, but for goodness sake, if our government actually believes that people (or at least most people) actually wait till 21, they are living in a fantasy world. Old enough to fight should indeed mean old enough to drink.
Oh, and in case you thought your instructor was kidding when she told you people outsuide of class would read these posts, I'm proof that its true. It's cool to see what UMN has going on with the UThink concept.
Keep on blogging!
Posted by: Berne at September 30, 2004 03:08 PMI agree that the drinking age should be 18. At 18 society considers you to be an adult. You are able to make your own choices. You can drive, fight and vote. Also, Josh said that you are prosecuted as an adult. If you are seen as an adult, you should recieve all the rights, not just some.
Posted by: Marc at October 2, 2004 05:31 PM