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Saturday, August 23, 2008


Here's the deal: You're either an adult at 18 or you're not. How anyone could possibly justify staggering out the rights and responsibilities of becoming an adult is absolutely absurd:
"What we need to do is engage in a dispassionate debate about what lowering the drinking age would do," O'Brien said. "What we're asking for is a debate, at this point in time, that's the goal."

But Allen said a 21-year-old is able to handle alcohol better than an 18-year-old. She said it's dangerous to provide alcohol to younger people.
A 19 year old can't handle a six-pack of beer, but they can pick the next President? Arbitrary milestones are just that, arbitrary, but they should be consistent. There's no reason society rules you to be an adult in every other capacity at 18 years old, except one. You can become a stripper at 18 and serve horny men beer, you just can't drink one. Make sense?



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