Posted by
Deornwulf on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:23:08 PM
I support the campaign of College Presidents to lower the drinking age. It is ludicrous to have a law in place that allows half of the college population to drink and the other half to not. It is a recipe for disaster and quite frankly, hypocritical. The United States recognizes an 18 year old as a legal adult. Any denial of privileges granted to adults is unconstitutional. 18 year olds can vote, inherit property, join the military, USE TOBACCO PRODUCTS, get married, etc. Why should they be denied the right to drink alcohol?
As for MADD, if they truly want to save lives, campaign against DRIVING DRUNK! One simple way would be to raise the minimum age for a driver's license to 22 and encourage universities to restrict cars on campus. Another tack would be to have much stricter punishments for those who choose to endanger the world by getting behind the wheel while drunk.For MADD to scream and yell that the drinking age of 21 is saving lives ignores the number of teenage deaths that are already occurring because parents are not parenting and our society does not really hold lawbreakers accountable.