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Post by eek on Mar 7, 2006 22:25:24 GMT -5
Inspired by certain confessions in a certain thread.
So... what are they like where you are? What do you think of them? Is there something you think would be better?
Over here, the age you can begin buying alcohol is 18. Also, a thingie (for lack of a better word at 3:20 am) was passed recently that allows pubs to stay open 24 hours a day.
Now, anyone who knows me knows I like my beer, but I don't think this is the best setup. 24 hour pubs were meant to cut down on binge drinking and crime, and apparently they have. The idea still doesn't sit well with me, but I dunno what would be better.
Underage drinking is rife here. It's VERY common for 14 year-olds to get wasted every weekend (I have seen it myself more times than I'd have liked to). I reckon bumping up the age limit would perhaps reduce this... maybe not. Certainly ain't helping. If drink related incidents were to go away because of it... I'd give up my beer. (yes, 'tis shocking, isn't it?)
Anyway, enough from me, over to you lot...
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 7, 2006 22:30:29 GMT -5
The drinking age here is 18...
I confess I have drunk but not to a point of intoxication...
I like wine better than beer...
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 7, 2006 22:59:27 GMT -5
Here in NZ smoking and drinking is 18... While driving is 15...
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Post by Ratwar on Mar 8, 2006 0:23:22 GMT -5
'Round here, the drinking age is 21, but underage drinking is very common. The people that don't get drunk every weekend are the minority by a large margin. Personally, I think setting the drinking age to 21 is . The current setup implies that drinking requires more maturity than voting, which is just plain stupid. If you have the right to vote, you should be able to handle a little alcohol. Forcing a drinking age of 21 is basically just an attack on the rights of minors, like teenage driving laws. People under 18 are the only group in the US that don't have the ability to vote. Therefore, they are the easiest group for politicians to attack in a political crusade for safety or some other crap.
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Post by Hunessai on Mar 8, 2006 17:59:09 GMT -5
Abolish all drinking laws. Let them drown in their own vomit.
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Post by ExtraCheeZ on Mar 8, 2006 20:57:52 GMT -5
Abolish all drinking laws. Let them drown in their own vomit. Hooray for drunken 5 year olds! Its 18 here and I have to say I think its quite fair... but anyway, who lets drinking laws stop them, I got a bottle of vodka sittin in the freezer waiting for a night out ...
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 9, 2006 13:31:52 GMT -5
Aussies are around the same as us but tougher...
I still think that smoking is worser than drinking...
Teh drinking age should be lowered to 16...
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Post by eek on Mar 9, 2006 13:49:55 GMT -5
Oh no... I wouldn't trust even HALF of our 18 year-olds with drink (which is legal here ). The average 16 year old here + booze ain't something I wanna see any more of. Yes, they can get it anyway, and they show that they can't handle it responsibly. Not many folk can.
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Post by Mumble on Mar 9, 2006 15:29:14 GMT -5
I was drunk 12 hours ago.
The age here is 19, and underage is fairly common. Some people can't drink within reason, but tough for them.
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Post by ExtraCheeZ on Mar 9, 2006 21:10:43 GMT -5
Realisticaly, 18 is good, 16 year olds with access to alcohol arent good *knows because he was one of them*
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Post by Hunessai on Mar 9, 2006 21:16:44 GMT -5
Seriously. Get rid of the restriction. Those stupid enough to abuse it will either get really sick and stop, or die. Car wrecks are a completely different event and have their own punishments.
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Post by ExtraCheeZ on Mar 9, 2006 22:58:25 GMT -5
Seriously. Get rid of the restriction. Those stupid enough to abuse it will either get really sick and stop, or die. Car wrecks are a completely different event and have their own punishments. You would find that all the dead bodies, piles of vomit and car crashes would probably effect you in some way... but it would be a fun experiment to get rid of the laws.
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 10, 2006 13:41:22 GMT -5
Yeah...
Tons of drink drivers...
Hooligans...
Don't want that to happen...
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Post by Raist on Mar 11, 2006 16:31:16 GMT -5
Eh, I would like the age to be lowered to 18. I sure as hell know how to handle it responsibly. But it's mostly because then I could go out with my girl!! WOHOO.'
Yay for posting and being tired.
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Post by Mumble on Mar 12, 2006 0:30:04 GMT -5
Eh, I would like the age to be lowered to 21. I sure as hell know how to handle it responsibly. But it's mostly because then I could go out with my girl!! WOHOO. lowered to 21? 21 is already to high! what is it now?
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 12, 2006 1:04:45 GMT -5
Eh, I would like the age to be lowered to 21. I sure as hell know how to handle it responsibly. But it's mostly because then I could go out with my girl!! WOHOO. Driving age or Drinking age?
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Post by eek on Mar 12, 2006 17:31:18 GMT -5
Eh, I would like the age to be lowered to 21. I sure as hell know how to handle it responsibly. But it's mostly because then I could go out with my girl!! WOHOO. It's higher than 21 there? Wow.
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 12, 2006 22:13:20 GMT -5
I keep forgetting that each American state has different laws...
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Post by shawman on Mar 13, 2006 7:44:53 GMT -5
i want the law to be changed, i feel in our society, eek doesn't give me all of his beer. i wish to change this so eek gives me at least 12 beers in the course of a night same goes for everyone else...saves me going to the shop and looking like an buying 2 boxes of miller cans
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Post by eek on Mar 13, 2006 9:42:59 GMT -5
I knew you'd end up here!
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Post by shawman on Mar 13, 2006 10:39:09 GMT -5
what are ye trying to say?
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Post by Mumble on Mar 14, 2006 18:35:11 GMT -5
Yeah, eek should give me beer to..... mmm, beer.
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 20, 2006 1:58:14 GMT -5
I'm trying to stop drinking and never smoke for 10 years...
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