Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A Wee Dram of Sanity?
Well, not from Obama when it comes to the asinine Reagan-mandated national drinking age of 21. The candidate with the mostest told a group of young vets that he didn't support lowering the drinking age to something sane like those that exist in every other reasonable functional Western democracy. Sure, they're fighting and dying and going insane of PTSD at an incredible rate, but why be able to drop a Bud at the corner bar? Not like it matters too much in many quarters. When I was in that awkward time between 18 and 21 in Pennsylvania, back before too many khaki-clad folks were dying in deserts, I never knew one person with a military ID card that ever got denied drinks at a local watering hole. Things have tightened up all over since those times, of course. Lets be real--we should all deal with the fact that our laws are way out of sync with reality.
Well, not from Obama when it comes to the asinine Reagan-mandated national drinking age of 21. The candidate with the mostest told a group of young vets that he didn't support lowering the drinking age to something sane like those that exist in every other reasonable functional Western democracy. Sure, they're fighting and dying and going insane of PTSD at an incredible rate, but why be able to drop a Bud at the corner bar? Not like it matters too much in many quarters. When I was in that awkward time between 18 and 21 in Pennsylvania, back before too many khaki-clad folks were dying in deserts, I never knew one person with a military ID card that ever got denied drinks at a local watering hole. Things have tightened up all over since those times, of course. Lets be real--we should all deal with the fact that our laws are way out of sync with reality.
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