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Do you remember your first taste of alcohol? How old were you? Twenty-one? All 50 states currently demand that their citizens reach age 21 before they can legally drink. But there's a growing movement that says mandatory minimum laws may do more harm than good. When determining the right date when a young person can take one of their final steps towards personal responsibility and freedom, what's the right answer?
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America is Out of Step with Most of the Rest of the World
What does it matter?
What does it matter if America is out of step with the world? We do give answer to any other country in the world. We only answer to the other citizens in this country. I really do not feel that we should step into line with what other nations are doing. Our laws are our laws. They have been made for a reason. They work here for us. That said, I say, who cares what the rest of the world thinks. Leave it the way it is.
- UltraConservative August 19, 2008 4:19PM
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Why does it matter?
It matters what the rest of the world thinks, if we want the rest of the world to look up at us as leaders in this world, we also have to listen to what they have to say. We don't necessarily have to do it, but we should listen and do our own testing to support or not support it.
The drinking issue is being brought up again because it DOES NOT work for us here.
I'm tired of ignorant christians who try to force their views on everyone else. People deserve the right to make their own decisions, and if we want them to make the right decisions we should be teaching them how to do it responsibly.
- incognitouser
February 22, 2009 6:30PM
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