Need some brainstorming help for writing topic: "lowering legal drinking age to 18"

[nord1899]

Originally posted by: ? (=&THORN

Originally posted by: Rob9874
Lowering the drinking age is a cool idea when you're under 21. I thought that way too. You always want to be able to do something you're not allowed. (Same reason pot smokers want to legalize marijuana.) But believe me, when you get older, you'll realize how stupid of an idea that really is.

still gotta argue for the principle though. I use myself since I'm always complaining about suffering for the stupidity of a few... I don't see why I, and other responsible drinking teens should be totally prohibitted from drinking because other people cannot be responsible drinkers.

for an older age group, what if they passed laws that prohibitted driving for people say 60 and older because some study shows *some* older people tend to be less capable of driving, thus they decide to prohibit all people over 60 from driving. Same idea of how many people will have a law enacted because of the actions of other people.

They have tried that bit for the old age driving thing. But the AARP has a lot more political clout and power than a bunch of teenagers.

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: ? (=&THORN

for an older age group, what if they passed laws that prohibitted driving for people say 60 and older because some study shows *some* older people tend to be less capable of driving, thus they decide to prohibit all people over 60 from driving. Same idea of how many people will have a law enacted because of the actions of other people.

I'm sorry, but that's what constitutes a law. I can't waive a gun down the street because a few people might take advantage of that and actually shoot someone. I can't drive drunk, because a few people kill people when they drive drunk. As a whole, it's not a good idea for people under the age of 21 to be intoxicated.

But don't ask me. I feel the driving age should be increased as well. I think more accidents happen with 16-21 year olds than people over 21. It's not that all younger people don't know how to drive, or can't handle drinking. It's that a larger percentage of them can't, as compared to other age groups.