Drinking age should be moved down to 18 Great reason inside.

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#1 LiquidAjax
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If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.
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#2 Rhazakna
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Don't you mean moved down to 18? Personally, I like the idea of teenage girls in bars, so I'm ok with that notion.

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#3 chessmaster1989
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Drinking age is already 21....
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#4 LiquidAjax
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Drinking age is already 21....chessmaster1989
I meant the other way around ;)
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It's not like the law is that hard to get around

and 21 isn't even that old. You'll be there soon enough and won't even care after that

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Thought it was a medical thing not a social one.
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#7 Bane_09
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Also, I'm pretty sure if you are in the military you can drink before you are 21

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If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.LiquidAjax
If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

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[QUOTE="LiquidAjax"]If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.Pirate700

If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

Conspiracy!
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#10 LiquidAjax
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The legal drinking age is 21 in the united states for the military. Look it up. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/drinkingage.htm for information
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#12 Fightingfan
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Just smoke pot since it's easier to get uh-hold of and it's healthier/less dangerous for you.
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[QUOTE="LiquidAjax"]If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.Pirate700

If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

No, it's still 21 on Government property.

Off base the military can drink to whatever drinking age, that country's laws allow.

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#15 JohnF111
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Or maybe because people get drunk no matter the drinking age, hell in Alaska alcohol is banned and yet they still get drunk.
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#16 Fightingfan
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Why are alcoholic beverages illegal at 21, but I can go buy medical alcohol and get drunk off of that at 18.
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#17 JohnF111
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Just smoke pot since it's easier to get uh-hold of and it's healthier/less dangerous for you.Fightingfan
There's even more proof, no matter the laws on anything it's still easy to get hold of.
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#18 LiquidAjax
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Why are alcoholic beverages illegal at 21, but I can go buy medical alcohol and get drunk off of that at 18. Fightingfan
This isn't about your cheap high. It's about somebody risking their life not being able to sit back and have a nice cold brew.
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#19 Franklinstein
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I think people who are 18 and want to drink, drink anyway. So, yeah the law is dumb.
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Why are alcoholic beverages illegal at 21, but I can go buy medical alcohol and get drunk off of that at 18. LiquidAjax
This isn't about your cheap high. It's about somebody risking their life not being able to sit back and have a nice cold brew.

That's a bullsh*t excuse, most people in the military just sit behind a desk and it's a 9-5 type job. I'm an adult I should be able to damage my body if I want.
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#21 LiquidAjax
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[QUOTE="LiquidAjax"][QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Why are alcoholic beverages illegal at 21, but I can go buy medical alcohol and get drunk off of that at 18. Fightingfan
This isn't about your cheap high. It's about somebody risking their life not being able to sit back and have a nice cold brew.

That's a bullsh*t excuse, most people in the military just sit behind a desk and it's a 9-5 type job. I'm an adult I should be able to damage my body if I want.

Your age is showing.
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LiquidAjax"]If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.Vuurk

If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

Speaking with the authority of someone in the military I can vouch for the fact that this isn't true.

I stand corrected. Either way, I suppose I'd agree to dropping the beer age to 18 but not the wine or hard liquor age.

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#23 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="Vuurk"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

Pirate700

Speaking with the authority of someone in the military I can vouch for the fact that this isn't true.

I stand corrected. Either way, I suppose I'd agree to dropping the beer age to 18 but not the wine or hard liquor age.

What about cider? Don't take my cider away.
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#24 Fightingfan
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I want all drugs to be legal like Portugal. Just simply make it illegal to consume them publicly.
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Vuurk"] Speaking with the authority of someone in the military I can vouch for the fact that this isn't true.JohnF111

I stand corrected. Either way, I suppose I'd agree to dropping the beer age to 18 but not the wine or hard liquor age.

What about cider? Don't take my cider away.

What's the % on hard cider?

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#26 Bane_09
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Why are alcoholic beverages illegal at 21, but I can go buy medical alcohol and get drunk off of that at 18. LiquidAjax
This isn't about your cheap high. It's about somebody risking their life not being able to sit back and have a nice cold brew.

How about we change the military age to 21? Problem solved

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#27 Fightingfan
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[QUOTE="JohnF111"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]I stand corrected. Either way, I suppose I'd agree to dropping the beer age to 18 but not the wine or hard liquor age.

Pirate700

What about cider? Don't take my cider away.

What's the % on hard cider?

I'd guess 30-35% since anything above 40% can be used as a weapon.
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#28 Ace6301
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18 as a drinking age is pretty reasonable.
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#29 Pirate700
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18 as a drinking age is pretty reasonable.Ace6301
Depends on the country. Most 18 year old Americans don't have the maturity to have full access to alcohol.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="JohnF111"] What about cider? Don't take my cider away.Fightingfan

What's the % on hard cider?

I'd guess 30-35% since anything above 40% can be used as a weapon.

ever had everclear? I'm pretty sure it could be used to make a bomb

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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]What's the % on hard cider?

Bane_09

I'd guess 30-35% since anything above 40% can be used as a weapon.

ever had everclear? I'm pretty sure it could be used to make a bomb

No. I don't consume alcohol outside of food usage(Marsala wine for an example), but yeah it's something like 95% I hear, anything 40%+ can be used to cause large fires.
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[QUOTE="Bane_09"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] I'd guess 30-35% since anything above 40% can be used as a weapon. Fightingfan

ever had everclear? I'm pretty sure it could be used to make a bomb

No. I don't consume alcohol outside of food usage(Marsala wine for an example), but yeah it's something like 95% I hear, anything 40%+ can be used to cause large fires.

Yeah there's a big warning on the bottle that says it's a fire hazard lol and yeah it's 95%. A few shots of that and you are good for the night

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It's 18 here in Manitoba and I don't see things changing in the slightest if it were 21. The under 21 crowd would drink illegally just as much as the currently under 18 crowd does.
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#34 Dogswithguns
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Geez.. I never liked drinking beer (myself) til I turned 20, and I tasted it a few times when I was a teen. anyways, Im not a big drinker never. I know better than that.
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#35 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="Bane_09"]

ever had everclear? I'm pretty sure it could be used to make a bomb

Bane_09

No. I don't consume alcohol outside of food usage(Marsala wine for an example), but yeah it's something like 95% I hear, anything 40%+ can be used to cause large fires.

Yeah there's a big warning on the bottle that says it's a fire hazard lol and yeah it's 95%. A few shots of that and you are good for the night

So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|
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Geez.. I never liked drinking beer (myself) til I turned 20, and I tasted it a few times when I was a teen. anyways, Im not a big drinker never. I know better than that.Dogswithguns
It looks like you had a few before you posted this.

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#37 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Bane_09"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] No. I don't consume alcohol outside of food usage(Marsala wine for an example), but yeah it's something like 95% I hear, anything 40%+ can be used to cause large fires. JohnF111

Yeah there's a big warning on the bottle that says it's a fire hazard lol and yeah it's 95%. A few shots of that and you are good for the night

So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|

Probably nothing. You body absorbs the alcohol.

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[QUOTE="Bane_09"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] No. I don't consume alcohol outside of food usage(Marsala wine for an example), but yeah it's something like 95% I hear, anything 40%+ can be used to cause large fires. JohnF111

Yeah there's a big warning on the bottle that says it's a fire hazard lol and yeah it's 95%. A few shots of that and you are good for the night

So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|

I never thought of that, you should try it and get back to me:P but it would probably start your dick on fire

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#39 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="JohnF111"][QUOTE="Bane_09"]

Yeah there's a big warning on the bottle that says it's a fire hazard lol and yeah it's 95%. A few shots of that and you are good for the night

Pirate700

So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|

Probably nothing. You body absorbs the alcohol.

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Don't be a buzzkill. :P

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#40 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="JohnF111"] So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|JohnF111

Probably nothing. You body absorbs the alcohol.

tumblr_lq749uomvH1qbey8go1_500.gif

Don't be a buzzkill. :P

:lol:

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[QUOTE="Dogswithguns"]Geez.. I never liked drinking beer (myself) til I turned 20, and I tasted it a few times when I was a teen. anyways, Im not a big drinker never. I know better than that.Pirate700

It looks like you had a few before you posted this.

LOL.. let see.. one Keystone.. two Miller Highlife Lite.. and a half cup of orange juice with two teaspoons of Smirnoff... nuffsaid.
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#42 Bane_09
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="JohnF111"] So if I drank quite a lot... What would happen if I pee'd on a fire? ... :|JohnF111

Probably nothing. You body absorbs the alcohol.

tumblr_lq749uomvH1qbey8go1_500.gif

Don't be a buzzkill. :P

lol awesome

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#43 k2theswiss
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you should be able join military/smoke/ drink once you graduate from school... not your age hows that?

maybe it give little idiots a reason to do good in school and get all their credit by 16 or so vs 18-20

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#44 Socialist696
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Drinking age limit has never stopped me from getting or drinking alcohol since middle school. So once again the government can suck my d**k for trying to control the free will of people. If someone wants to do it, they'll find a way to do it and thats it.
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If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

Pirate700

Not legally.

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You can drink on base I believe. Off base, you're not special rights you gotta be 21.
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You can drink on base I believe. Off base, you're not special rights you gotta be 21.Socialist696
That's what I always heard too but I guess not.

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#48 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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You can drink on base I believe. Off base, you're not special rights you gotta be 21.Socialist696

Nope. State laws supercede the UCMJ. IIRC all states prohibit the drinking of alcohol of anybody under 21.

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[QUOTE="Socialist696"]You can drink on base I believe. Off base, you're not special rights you gotta be 21.airshocker

Nope. State laws supercede the UCMJ. IIRC all states prohibit the drinking of alcohol of anybody under 21.

How does that stand if over seas? E.G if you're stationed in Mexico, or Cuba.
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[QUOTE="LiquidAjax"]If you can join the military, fight and die for you country...you should be able to have a drink legally. It doesn't make sense.Pirate700

If you're in the militery you can drink at 18 so your reason sucks.

No