wat if there were no legal drinking limit in the us?

silverkitsune · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject:

It's funny how western countries become so serious about such trivial things about their kids.
It's not like every kids in the country would start getting drunk just because the law doesn't exist.
I think the kids in western countries are way too focused at becoming adult early, and they'd do anything to show off that they are adults... in moronic ways.
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cutter989 · newbie! Joined: Oct 09, 2005 Posts: 30

I had my first beer when I was like 6 or 7, it was just sitting there, so I just had the whole thing. This happened more then once.

But know ever since 1 year ago and bottle of yagermiester(sp?), about 17 shots or so in about an hour (so it was a long time), for me that was the first thing of achohol in 5 years. Being 20 now I can't even stomach it.

But yeah if there was no age restriction, I can't say the appeal of teenage drinking would be gone, but the want for it would be so great even though drinking can give you a euphoric sense.

reika_617 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 28, 2007 Posts: 60

There;s no age limit for drinking in most Hispanic countries and they seem to be doing fine. I guess you have to be smart about it.

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ss10gotanks · Conscript Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 134

yall cant say that america would pretty much collapse. there are plenty of countrys that either have no drinking limit or a lower 1, and they all do fine. also crime rate would go down (also if weed was legailized) and im sure less teenagers would feel like they want to do it because its no longer a right of passage at 21
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shonenjumpgirl · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 226

I think the US already done that. I mean, I don't think the US didn't have a drinking age before the 1918 (or something like that) So, US didn't go into chaos and destruction Smile

NeL · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:34 am Post subject:

then we'll party all night!!!

kevinchaosvs · Shogun Joined: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 2551

Xristyan · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:24 am Post subject:

I don't know how US will fair... but as I see it the kids or most of the ones I have drank with here can't hold their liquor (wuss)... even if they are of legal age or not...

had my first alcoholic drink (rum) when I was about 8... started binge drinking at around 13... guess who gave me my first shot? parents... guess who actually suggested I go drinking and in some cases force me to drink.. parents... I don't think I turned out bad... I'm not a menace to society just yet...

its actually individual experience I guess... depending on their attitude and the way they got introduced to drinking there shouldn't be any problem...

In my case instead of me getting started on drinking via outside means it was in my family... My dad taught me the essentials on drinking... how to drink properly.. what good drink combos to do... how to get rid of a hangover... great food to go with drinking... so I learned quite well enough to be a responsible drinker... and most of the filipino families I have been acquainted with have the same style of introducing their kids to drinking... so they will be able to drink properly and not learn the moronic ways of drinking of some other people...

we have so called age restrictions on drinking in the philippines too... its just that, its never really enforced... Razz

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kevinchaosvs · Shogun Joined: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 2551

X > i agree with ya, but the thing is, not everyone's a responsible drinker like you. the least the gov can do ( to the irresponsible ones) is place restriction as a whole.

for me, as long as one doesnt end up as an alcoholic that usually be found collapsed on the floor...the restriction dont really matter that much

Xristyan · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

kev>> don't get me wrong, I'm not against the restrictions... I'm all up for it cause as you said... a whole lot of people don't know how to drink properly... if everyone was responsible then we wouldn't have restrictions at all in the first place...

and as I see it now if they take out the age restriction in north america... or at least in the US and Canada now... it will turn up nasty...
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Itachi-kun · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

Just a personal thing, but I don't drink. I get really pissed off when drinking and last time I apparently got deluded enough to try and take on my multi-black belt father....it didn't end well. Either way, I don't drink now and really, I know a few kids who have chosen the same path for different reasons. So to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what would happen. It really could go either way. Towards more of a binge drinking culture like Britan, or more towards an apocalyptic future where everyone votes McCain.
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Fission2 · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject:

first of all, the general public simply wouldn't stand for the legal drinking age to be overturned. secondly, if the law regarding legal drinking age were overturned, there would be enough civil unrest that if not immediately reinstated, riots would appear and there is a unique possability that the government be overturned because people would be right in judging that the government has lost its mind.

the most likely scenario would be that people (in their good mind) would ignore this overturned law and most distributors will refuse to serve alcohol for a quick few bucks to the would be minors (people do have morals). parents would immediately commission alcohol prohibition sites, such as in schools, community centres and the like. the industry would never market to the children because of the backlash that it would suffer if it endorsed selling to children (boy-cott the company entirely). they may however shift tactics and put up a bunch of ads telling children to stay away from the bottle, while potentially having the ulterior motive to promote drinking and take advantage of the situation (maintaining a good image on the surface). thankfully, public morality built over the decades should prevent the offset of total chaos. still, crimes committed by minors would surely increase and the detriments to society would still be significant.

the global community would be bent over in hysterics over the blight of the US and intervention (or at least investigation) by the UN would be underway to see what wave of cosmic idiocy could have possibly made this into reality.

fyi, i don't drink. i don't take substances that hinder my overall performance. i like to be in control.