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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
My comment was about wasting time and money. The same laws were in effect when I was a teenager, but they never prevented me from drinking beer. I don't believe that law enforcement has made any progress in this area in the past 60 years. But, they continue to waste taxpayer money. My opinion.
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Let's just eliminate the drinking age entirely. You want a shot of whiskey, little 10-year-old kid? No problem. What's that, 15-year-old kid who doesn't have a drivers license yet? You want a case of beer? Sure thing. Because everyone knows you're mature enough to handle it.
The point, is that they're not supposed to be drinking alcohol outside of the assumed safety of their own home, with parental supervision. Kids are kids - many of them just don't know any better, they're immature - because - they're kids. They're supposed to be immature. Adults are supposed to know better, and are supposed to be the responsible ones in the situation. And so - adults in the relationship of "person who wants to buy a drug in a bottle that can cause intoxication and death versus person who has the drug in the bottle and makes money selling it" - are made responsible for the outcome of that relationship.