Comments on: Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? (Duh) http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/ Where every man is king. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:39:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sebastian http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86658 Sebastian Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:19:26 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86658 I think Peter Griffin said it best: "What, they want me to take a bus??....You take a bus." I think Peter Griffin said it best: “What, they want me to take a bus??….You take a bus.”

]]> By: Jim http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86642 Jim Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:10:47 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86642 The funny thing about drinking and driving.... when they upped the drinking age to 21, drinking and driving related deaths went UP drastically, not down. It just like how in NJ they put in place huge new rules to curb teen driving deaths by limiting how many teens where allowed in cars and when they could drive, only to have teen driving related deaths nearly double the following years as teens started hiding out in the trunks and under seats to not get caught, instead of sitting in their seats possibly with a seatbelt on. The funny thing about drinking and driving…. when they upped the drinking age to 21, drinking and driving related deaths went UP drastically, not down. It just like how in NJ they put in place huge new rules to curb teen driving deaths by limiting how many teens where allowed in cars and when they could drive, only to have teen driving related deaths nearly double the following years as teens started hiding out in the trunks and under seats to not get caught, instead of sitting in their seats possibly with a seatbelt on.

]]> By: Joel http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86637 Joel Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:30:33 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86637 Drinking-and-driving is a symptom of our city design, not a national moral weakness. I pretty much never drink and drive, even a little, because I have the luxury not to do so, by dint of living in Brooklyn. But I feel for most of y'all poor fuckers who can only share a drink with your friends by driving to the "party spots" in your towns. Bring back the corner bar! Drinking-and-driving is a symptom of our city design, not a national moral weakness. I pretty much never drink and drive, even a little, because I have the luxury not to do so, by dint of living in Brooklyn. But I feel for most of y’all poor fuckers who can only share a drink with your friends by driving to the “party spots” in your towns.

Bring back the corner bar!

]]> By: Pete http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86634 Pete Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:51:01 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/13/should-the-drinking-age-be-lowered-duh/#comment-86634 Definitely! It *is* ridiculous that you are an "adult" at 18, yet not really until 21. Or 25 (renting a car, anyone?). As for MADD, the problem isn't with the age - is anyone really that much more responsible at 21 than at 18? The problem is with drinking culture in general. Same thing with pot. Take away the taboo, and the abuse will be gone, too. Sex, drugs, and booze...sometimes this country can really be bass-ackwards. Definitely! It *is* ridiculous that you are an “adult” at 18, yet not really until 21. Or 25 (renting a car, anyone?). As for MADD, the problem isn’t with the age - is anyone really that much more responsible at 21 than at 18? The problem is with drinking culture in general. Same thing with pot. Take away the taboo, and the abuse will be gone, too.

Sex, drugs, and booze…sometimes this country can really be bass-ackwards.

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