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Countries where you have to be 21 to drink alcohol...

Started by Boozemon Barro, May 22, 2014, 10:17:31 AM

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Boozemon Barro

Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Sri Lanka
United States

Discuss

tower912

Thought it was stupid for years.   19 is a good number.   
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It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

keefe

Having a law on the books and actually enforcing it are two different things. In Indonesia the only barrier to getting served is cash in hand.

My favorite distribution channel for alcohol is vending machines. In Japan, one can purchase beer (including draft!), scotch, sake on the street in vending machines. Of course, one can get anything in a vending machine in Japan - batteries, live fish, hot meals, used school girl panties for sniffing, new underwear for wearing, smut mags, and of course smokes.


























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MU Fan in Connecticut


MU Fan in Connecticut

Quote from: tower912 on May 22, 2014, 10:56:15 AM
Thought it was stupid for years.   19 is a good number.   

I'm in agreement with tower here.

18 keeps it (legally) out of high school for the most part. 
I think 19 is what it is in Canada.

keefe

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on May 22, 2014, 11:33:59 AM
I'm in agreement with tower here.

18 keeps it (legally) out of high school for the most part. 
I think 19 is what it is in Canada.

It's 19 in BC. This weekend the bars in Van will be full of Americans under 21.


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ttheisen

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on May 22, 2014, 11:33:59 AM
I think 19 is what it is in Canada.
Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec are 18 - all other provinces 19.

brandx

Quote from: keefe on May 22, 2014, 11:45:30 AM
It's 19 in BC. This weekend the bars in Van will be full of Americans under 21.

The ideal situation is for just some states to be 18 and others 21. When WI used to be 18, all the chicks in northern Illinois (21 year old drinking age) came to the bars in Kenosha to drink. Women always outnumbered guys in the good bars.

MU Fan in Connecticut


GGGG

If you are an adult at 18, you should be able to drink at 18.

"Keeping it out of the high schools" is more a parental issue than a legal one.

swoopem

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on May 22, 2014, 11:33:59 AM
I'm in agreement with tower here.

18 keeps it (legally) out of high school for the most part. 
I think 19 is what it is in Canada.

As others have said it most definitely is 19 in the great white north. Growing up outside Detroit I used to go to Windsor all the time to indulge
Bring back FFP!!!

Galway Eagle

Beer and wine at 18.  It'd teach people how to drink and raise tolerance but not promoting young people taking shots left and right.
Maigh Eo for Sam

mu03eng

If you can fight in a war, you are old enough to legally buy a beer to forget what it is you saw.

Europe has it right in this case, make it legal and let parents handle the education while also strictly enforcing laws with real consequences if you don't abide by the social contract.

Sure I partied a ton under age in college, but I was always responsible because alcohol wasn't this magical force that my parents kept from me.  I was allowed to try drinks and understand the impacts as an underager.  And my mother is practically a teetotaler.
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PBRme

Quote from: The Sultan of Slurpery on May 22, 2014, 12:09:32 PM
If you are an adult at 18, you should be able to drink at 18.

"Keeping it out of the high schools" is more a parental issue than a legal one.

+1  The fact that you are responsible enough to sign a 3, 5, 7 year car loan at 18 but not buy a six pack is asinine.  If society restricted a privilege from everyone in any other age group over legal adulthood we would all be outraged.

Thank Herby, if I remember he was the deciding vote on the highway bill that forced the states to raise the age to twenty one.
Peace, Love, and Rye Whiskey...May your life and your glass always be full

keefe

Quote from: PBRme on May 22, 2014, 02:18:02 PM

Thank Herby, if I remember he was the deciding vote on the highway bill that forced the states to raise the age to twenty one.

Well, if he was from a state with a significant business presence in spirits and alcohol then he probably would have voted to preserve those interests since jobs are important.



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Coleman

I could get behind 19.

18 and you will have drunk kids walking into high school after lunch break.

I think differentiating between hard liquor and beer and wine is dumb. I did some of the dumbest drunk things ever when I was in college drinking nothing but Old Milwaukee.

keefe

Quote from: Bleuteaux on May 22, 2014, 03:55:32 PM
I could get behind 19.

18 and you will have drunk kids walking into high school after lunch break.

I think differentiating between hard liquor and beer and wine is dumb. I did some of the dumbest drunk things ever when I was in college drinking nothing but Old Milwaukee.

You should have stayed with the premiums like Red, White, and Blue, Hamms, and Blatz.


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mu03eng

Quote from: Bleuteaux on May 22, 2014, 03:55:32 PM
I could get behind 19.

18 and you will have drunk kids walking into high school after lunch break.


That's where I disagree with you. 

A) that happens now
2) Just because something is not prohibited by law doesn't mean an institution has to allow it(see carrying a gun) III)  We need to stop using the law as a morality test and make it about what is good for the collective good. 

Leave morals to individuals and societal shame, let laws mandate behavior we want to impose on all to ensure that society can coexist.
"A Plan? Oh man, I hate plans. That means were gonna have to do stuff. Can't we just have a strategy......or a mission statement."

source?

Quote from: Boozemon Barro on May 22, 2014, 10:17:31 AM
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Sri Lanka
United States

Discuss

I bet this group would be fun at parties.

Sir Lawrence

Ludum habemus.

Coleman

Quote from: mu03eng on May 22, 2014, 04:13:15 PM
That's where I disagree with you.  

A) that happens now
2) Just because something is not prohibited by law doesn't mean an institution has to allow it(see carrying a gun) III)  We need to stop using the law as a morality test and make it about what is good for the collective good.  

Leave morals to individuals and societal shame, let laws mandate behavior we want to impose on all to ensure that society can coexist.

Its not about using the law as a morality test.

Its simply using it as a way to improve educational instruction, remove distracting incidents from schools, and make sure that students aren't legally acquiring alcohol and bringing into school. It has nothing to do with morals. Its about the quality of education.

And "It happens now" is a terrible argument. People are using heroine now, should we make it legal?

I'm all for 19.

jesmu84

Quote from: Bleuteaux on May 22, 2014, 04:57:35 PM
Its not about using the law as a morality test.

Its simply using it as a way to improve educational instruction, remove distracting incidents from schools, and make sure that students aren't legally acquiring alcohol and bringing into school. It has nothing to do with morals. Its about the quality of education.

And "It happens now" is a terrible argument. People are using heroine now, should we make it legal?

I'm all for 19.

High schools can still make it so alcohol is not allowed on school grounds as well as intoxicated students.

keefe

Quote from: Boozemon Barro on May 22, 2014, 10:17:31 AM

Pakistan



One of the most exquisite places on this earth is Ladakh and Baltistan. I joined some friends for an expedition to Nanga Parbat but only went to the base camp as that peak, frankly, is beyond my skill level. three of us ended up trekking into Ladakh and were astounded by the immense beauty of the land and the people. 


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keefe

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on May 22, 2014, 11:31:46 AM
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They have vending machines with crabs, prawns, lobsters, and fish. People put their money in and grab these creatures which they then take home in a plastic bag.


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mu03eng

Quote from: Bleuteaux on May 22, 2014, 04:57:35 PM
Its not about using the law as a morality test.

Its simply using it as a way to improve educational instruction, remove distracting incidents from schools, and make sure that students aren't legally acquiring alcohol and bringing into school. It has nothing to do with morals. Its about the quality of education.

And "It happens now" is a terrible argument. People are using heroine now, should we make it legal?

I'm all for 19.

You misunderstand my point....it happens now isn't an argument for why we should do it but as a refutement to your statement that a law needs to be created to prevent it in schools.

There are a lot of things that are currently legal but not allowed schools....why would alcohol be any different?  Aren't cigarettes legal at 18 but they aren't allowed in school, how is that different?
"A Plan? Oh man, I hate plans. That means were gonna have to do stuff. Can't we just have a strategy......or a mission statement."