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From: thill@ssc-bee.UUCP (Tom Hill)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Legal drinking age
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 15:33:29 EST
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> > 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.

I guess I don't understand the reason for this attack on what Dave said.
Implying that something may or may-not happen in the future does not make a
useful argument.  It seems reasonable that a person who is drafted is 
also given the right to consume alcohol before he might normally be allowed to.

> 
> > 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).
> 

The fallacy of "slippery slope" applies here.  Why heck, if you can drive at
16 you should be able to drink.  Right?

> > 3. There is no draft.
> > 
> ????
Of course there is registration.
> 
> > Dave Bottom
> > *This is my opinion not the opinion of DEC*
> .
> .
> .
> Piotr Berman

Tom Hill