The Diary

[Chrissy]

The drinking age at 21 is a joke, but I have my own reasoning for thinking that.

[BloodChuckZ]

I tend to agree with that....If 18-year-olds are going to be accorded the rights of adults (as per the 26th amendment), then they should be accorded all rights, not just selective ones.

The other end of the argument is that 18-year-olds are not emotionally mature enough to legally drink at that age.  I would counter that it depends on the individual, for I know people in their 30's who aren't emotionally mature either.

[Mike_W]

I think that if we are old enough to vote (18) and get some of these fuckers into office that decide the drinking age, we should as a right be able to drink whatever the hell we want. Besides, what the fuck are 3 years going to do?

[Chrissy]

I don't believe in a drinking age. I think that by keeping it taboo, it places it on a glorified pedestal, hence the underaged binge drinking.

[Mike_W]

I think there should be a drinking age, but I think the age of 18 is fair. It wouldn't be right to have kids drinking, that would just be aweful.

[Chrissy]

I was allowed to have alcohol growing up. A sip here and there, not a full on can. Even in the Orthodox church, our communion is wine and we get our first communion at our Baptism.

I honestly think if we were allowed to have some alcohol throughout the course of our lives prior to adulthood, alcoholism and binge drinking wouldn't be as big of an issue.

[Mike_W]

Probably not. A sip here and there is okay, but young kids drinking a full can or several shots is just not cool.

[Chrissy]

Well, my belief is that by not making it a taboo, they're less inclined to imbibe irresponsibly later on.

[Mike_W]

I totally believe that, but you don't want to cause a young, developing body to suffer the health consequences of too much "juice".

[Chrissy]

I've been exposed to alcohol since I was around 9-10 months old. My cousins were, as well.

[Mike_W]

My family really doesn't drink that much. Once and a while at parties, but that's about it.

[Chrissy]

I hardly drink, unless it's a special occasion. I'm not even much of a social drinker.

[Repo Man]

Oh I have lots of drinking experience...my discipline grade went from 5 to 2 (from A to...whatever) because I brought tequila on a school trip and shot myself nicely with schoolmates in hotel room. I've been drinking everything since the age of 10.

[Mike_W]

Was there a worm in that tequila?

[Chrissy]

Wormy, wormy, squirmy wormy!