Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?

I agree with you. that is complately dumb that they can't have a beer. You're right it can't be easy to kill other people.

A social security number basically is a stamp saying you are or were at one time a breathing human being. It is no sign for maturity or even responsibility.

If you are so adamant on that then raise the age for legal adulthood to be 23. Maybe then it will make sense to have a drinking age as ridiculously high as that. Until that day however drinking goes hand-in-hand with every other aspect of being an adult.

Obviously it's not the sole reason for joining but by definition it's still incentive.

More importantly however, I'm not sure which highways you use but frequently commute interstates not only an hour one-way to classes but anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours [even up to 5 hours] for my job (this can be up to 5 days a week) and bad driving knows no age. The next person to drive like a fool is equally as likely to be 40 as they are 16.

So does that mean when you accept a social security number at the age of "1" you can drink? Wow. In my opinion, you should be over college age to be able to drink. That is after graduation. Then at least they'll have earned a drink and will have absorbed the information acquired in school more thoroughly.

If a person is enticed and persuaded to join the military by alcohol,then the least of that person's problems is the drinking age being too high. I frequently travel on the highways to get to gigs several times a week and every time I go,there are 16-23 year olds driving like complete fools; going 90 mph ,cutting people of, flipping their cars etc. And most of them(not all but most) are too young(mentally) and dumb to be drinking. So if they're not in the military, 21 is the number.

Thats nothing but a cheap incentive to join the military. What about being forced to sign up for the national draft? That's practically the same thing as signing up for the military and we all have to do it.

The day we have to sign up for the draft registry, the day we can be called for jury duty, the day we elect our representatives, the day we get married, have a child, sign legally binding documents, and have overall responsibility of our actions is the day we are allowed to drink alcohol.

Nobody 21 and above would care to agree with a 18 yr old drinking age.

That's all we need over here is a bunch of 18 year olds driving drunk and out of control in the bars, 21 yr old idiots in this country can't even keep themselves in line... The military age should be risen to 21 also, kids straight out of High School don't have the brain capacity to make a decision to get themselves killed @ 18. Its all stupid. A 21 yr old would most likely never join the military after being on there own in the real world.

The college students in America are held hostage by a prohibitionist policy that's in tune with the failed experiment of the 1920s, not the 21st century. This exceptionalism is imposed on people that can otherwise vote, adopt children and serve in the military.
The US currently has the same drinking age as other alcohol-paranoid regimes, including Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Down with MADD and their backward, puritannical agenda!

jajaja the thing is that americans are very stupid when is about drinking... they are not mature enough....they want to get shitfaced always.... its too late for doing that....it will become dangerous for the US

Drinking age should be at least 21 if not older,unless they're in the military(for reasons you've stated). That's how it should be.Because most 18 year olds(that I've seen) are too reckless, and endanger other peoples lives with their reckless driving proclivities. But Once signed up for the military,they should be able to enjoy a pint of frosty cold Guinness.

way more than that I'd say in my school 75%

wait till you get 25-30 then that beer belly will show

I myself am Czech, and I've started drinking regularly (5+beers every week, 10+ now)since I was 14. I've just turned 17 and I drink when going out and sometimes after a tough day with my friends (never alone). Even though I drink loads I've never had any health-related problems and I don't have a beer-belly either.

the age limit is just forcing kids to be a little sneakier and keeping them out of bars its not stoping anyone from drinking

your making too big a deal over this. do you guys understand how many highschool students in areica drink?
i honestly believe its about 50%