Underage drinking

Dooom

wheresthebeef wrote:

and i am sorry guys but 16 is a child, just as much as 17 is. there is no distinction, once your under 18 you are a child.

Of course there's a distinction. You're just stereotyping things now. I'm 17, and I commonly act as if I'm 20. However one does that. According to the law, you're correct. But morally, you're wrong.
You'll get people like me who are mentally mature and act sensibly. And then you'll get people who are, as you would say "adults", who'll act like children.

Shellie13

Sarky wrote:

The only way I can see that as being better is that you get served something a little better than Dutch Gold in most pubs, and young people sorely need to develop better taste.

Ye but also lowers risk of date rape etc in fields, or the possiblity of injury while hopping over a hedge!

The 2 countries with the strictest drinking laws in the EU are Ireland and England-and guess what-we also have the biggest problems with binge drinking (both under and over-age!) Drinking is fine in moderation but no matter what the age getting plasterd is just irresponsible and makes you look like a total idiot!

Hugh Hefner

I'm 16 (just) and only once did I have alcohol, and that was when I was so young that I didn't know about alcohol and was alone in a room with some wine.

I've only ever dipped my finger to taste anything else and they've all been rancid. I really don't see the appeal. Anyway, I plan to stay off the stuff(not just until I'm 18), including in foods. My parents have a full, unprotected cabinet of various drinks in the sitting room and I've never been tempted at all. Frankly I've always looked down on drinking (except wine, that has some style, like people who smoke only cigars ).

People who drink to get drunk are just being idiots and people make the excuse, "I drink cos' I wanna have a good time," are being pathetic. Majorly pathetic. I mean, you'd think a substance that warns you not to drink it by making you feel like crap wouldn't be very popular among the sane. However...

Initially I didn't think lowering the drinking age would help matters at all because I don't believe it change minds on drinking. Underagers would be just as willing to drink as ever and be allowed to under law. But now, I can't really think of anything else that has a chance of working, so maybe it should be tried out for a 3/5/8 year trial period or something. I might just be wrong.

Oh, also the fact that a great deal of my generation are dumb****s doesn't help the situation.

Rb

Deleted User wrote:

I've always thought that it should be 21 at off licenses, and 18 in pubs?

That's just me though.

I'd be all for that idea tbh.

Shellie13 wrote:

The 2 countries with the strictest drinking laws in the EU are Ireland and England-and guess what-we also have the biggest problems with binge drinking (both under and over-age!)

The problem with binge drinking in these countries has nothing to do with the laws, it's to do with the attitude towards drinking.

Dave!

Hugh Hefner wrote:

I'm 16 (just) and only once did I have alcohol, and that was when I was so young that I didn't know about alcohol and was alone in a room with some wine.

I've only ever dipped my finger to taste anything else and they've all been rancid. I really don't see the appeal. Anyway, I plan to stay off the stuff(not just until I'm 18), including in foods. My parents have a full, unprotected cabinet of various drinks in the sitting room and I've never been tempted at all. Frankly I've always looked down on drinking (except wine, that has some style, like people who smoke only cigars ).

People who drink to get drunk are just being idiots and people make the excuse, "I drink cos' I wanna have a good time," are being pathetic. Majorly pathetic. I mean, you'd think a substance that warns you not to drink it by making you feel like crap wouldn't be very popular among the sane.

Let's see how long that attitude lasts... :rolleyes:

Hugh Hefner

Did you have the same attitude when you were my age?

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner wrote:

I'm 16 (just) and only once did I have alcohol, and that was when I was so young that I didn't know about alcohol and was alone in a room with some wine.

I've only ever dipped my finger to taste anything else and they've all been rancid. I really don't see the appeal. Anyway, I plan to stay off the stuff(not just until I'm 18), including in foods. My parents have a full, unprotected cabinet of various drinks in the sitting room and I've never been tempted at all. Frankly I've always looked down on drinking (except wine, that has some style, like people who smoke only cigars ).

People who drink to get drunk are just being idiots and people make the excuse, "I drink cos' I wanna have a good time," are being pathetic. Majorly pathetic. I mean, you'd think a substance that warns you not to drink it by making you feel like crap wouldn't be very popular among the sane. However...

Initially I didn't think lowering the drinking age would help matters at all because I don't believe it change minds on drinking. Underagers would be just as willing to drink as ever and be allowed to under law. But now, I can't really think of anything else that has a chance of working, so maybe it should be tried out for a 3/5/8 year trial period or something. I might just be wrong.

Oh, also the fact that a great deal of my generation are dumb****s doesn't help the situation.

You.........are my twin.:)