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From: berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Legal drinking age
Message-ID: <1966@psuvax1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 12:38:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 12:38:14 1986
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> Shawn P. Daly writes:
> >comments about the unfairness of raising the drinking age to 21 text 
> >deleted
> 
> Several points:
> 
> 1. I agree that if you're old enough to fight and die then you are old 
> enough to drink. However on all military bases even in those states that 
> have a drinking age of 21, 18 year old servicemen are allowed to buy 
> beer, although they are not allowed to buy hard liquor. This is DOD 
> policy.
> 
Which will be outlawed soon, if the trend continues.

> 2. The main reason that raising the drinking age to 18 is so effective 
> is because it is an effective measure in removing alcohol from high 
> schools. Most 18 year olds have no heistation in buying for their 16 & 
> 17 year old friends. Most 21 year olds have few friends that are still 
> in high school.
> 
Next step: drinking age of 25, to remove alcohol from campuses (most 22
year old do not hesitate in buing for their 20 year old frinds).

> 3. There is no draft.
> 
????

> Dave Bottom
> *This is my opinion not the opinion of DEC*

It would be sufficient to make first DiI violation punishable by
revoking the licence until the age of 21.  The drunken driving by
16 year olds continues even in states with 21 drinking age.  One
should really scare those kids who destroy their lives, utility
poles etc.  

Piotr Berman