nc drinking age changed to 25

We should consider ourselves lucky bacon and alcohol aren't illegal altogether since we have a muslim running things.
 
You know it's not true, right?
 
I was aware it was a prank, but figured playing along would be fun, and plus I wanted to make a muslim jab at Osama... Err Obama
 
jeepinmatt said:
I think instead of raising the drinking age, they should just make it illegal to drive drunk.
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Yes. That seems like a reasonable option. Definitely keep the roads safe.

Haha.
 
shawn said:
Drinking age should be no higher than 18. I'd entertain proposals to make it lower than that.
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Agreed. But it would never work. Just look at how much worse Drunk Driving is in Germany and France countries with lower/no legal age.

Oh, wait...
 
Just like higher speed limits make folks wreck more....right? :rolleyes:
 
shawn said:
Drinking age should be no higher than 18. I'd entertain proposals to make it lower than that.
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Agree, but the only downfall to this in the US is the lack of good dependable and widespread public transportation.

I personally think you should learn to drink before you learn to drive.
 
shawn said:
Drinking age should be no higher than 18. I'd entertain proposals to make it lower than that.
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Ive worked in several bars as a bouncer. i'm all for making the drinking age 25. As a majority, the under 25 patrons cant handle the responsibility of drinking. How to pace, when to quit and when to call a cab. That being said....the bar and alcohol industry wont let it happen.
 
Reid said:
Ive worked in several bars as a bouncer. i'm all for making the drinking age 25. As a majority, the under 25 patrons cant handle the responsibility of drinking. How to pace, when to quit and when to call a cab. That being said....the bar and alcohol industry wont let it happen.
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That sort of thing isn't a problem in places where the drinking age is lower. A higher drinking age contributes to all sorts of bad behavior, including binge drinking, "pregaming", and a general disregard for the law.

I have heard the public transit arguments before, but I don't buy them. From the studies I've seen on urbanization and sprawl in Europe, they live at similar densities as people in the US, they travel just as far by car, they just do it in smaller cars while paying more for fuel.
 
I don't think it makes any difference what the legal age is. Kids are gonna drink if they want to. Same with drugs, sex, or anything else you tell them not to do.

Personally, I have no use for alcohol, so it makes no difference to me either way.
 
The point is not whether they drink, but how they drink if they do. The latter question is more important, but oft disregarded in pursuit of our neo puritanical values.
 
I was basing my comment based on the title of this thread.

I'm not convinced changing the legal age would make a difference though. We teach kids about sex in elementary school yet still have high rates of teenage pregnancy.

You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think.
 
jankoid said:
I was basing my comment based on the title of this thread.

I'm not convinced changing the legal age would make a difference though. We teach kids about sex in elementary school yet still have high rates of teenage pregnancy.
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Not true. According to the CDC, "The teen birth rate has declined almost continuously over the past 20 years."
 
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