Lower the drinking age?

[HUSKER 37]

... There are 18 and 19 year olds trained to maintain multi-million dollar weapon systems (fighters, bombers, tanks, aerial re-fuelers, etc). Uncle Sam believes they are responsible enough for their maintenance and safety but not responsible enough to have a beer? Uncle Sam feels these men and women are responsible enough to man a .50 cal or carry an M-4 and take another persons life but they're not responsible enough to have a beer? Makes absolutely no f*ckin' sense to me. None whatsoever.

After I finished basic and tech school, my supervisors told me on my very first day in my shop that believed that since I was old enough to die for my country, I was old enough to drink. The only caveat to that was A) I had to drink in my dorm room and be covert about it. The other was, if I was caught, they would disavow any knowledge of ever having that conversation. I maintained that philosophy and passed it on to the young guys/gals who have worked under me.

:dunno I dunno..

There's something scary about having control of all those fancy storebought weaponry while you're drinking a lot of beers.

I sometimes liked ridiculing MADD..Even thought about getting a DAMM T-Shirt (Drunks against Mad Muthers), but I also hope to God that I never have to become a member of their organization.

I'd almost prefer not having ANY age limit on Alcohol like some European countries..(My 7 yr old doesn't even drink Pop).

Interesting how powerful Prohibition made Organized Crime...I wonder what would have happened if Prohibition never happened?

 

[dizzturbedNUfan]

I don't drink so I think the should just start taxing the crap out of it. Charge like 30 bucks for a six pack and lower all my other taxes! At five bucks a beer I'm almost positive that would slow some college students down. :woo

 

[HuskerTrucker]

If they are old enough to die for our country, I say they should be old enough to drink...

I say that, having 3 teenagers myself. I also know what it was like when I was a kid, and thank God my girls aren't like I was, or at least I don't know about it....and I don't want to know!! So nobody tell me if you know my daughters, please!!