By: nessa_sarily_so
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| Age of Maturity.....about 60 for most people. |
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By: geebee193
3/11/2009
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| The legal drinking age being extended will not prevent binge drinking among young adults in any way. If anything- it is likely to encourage it. I see alcohol abuse among my peers, and I am only 15. It seems that the current legal age is already too long to wait for some teenagers; too long to wait until they can parade their rebellious freedom in front of their stunned parents’ faces. Unfortunately, 'getting smashed' with friends is a popular Rite of Passage, since they had not been introduced to alcohol as a DRINK not an EXPERIENCE to be enjoyed ON OCCASION and IN MODERATION before coming of age. Parents need to wake up to themselves- alcohol must not be imposed as a restriction on their child's life- because eventually they will suddenly and violently break free from this restraint. |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
3/11/2009
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Age of Maturity.....about 60 for most people.
Too true |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
3/11/2009
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| I really can't imagine how I managed to survive my youth, and I was somewhat more circumspect than most of my generation. There were quite a few less inhibited folk who didn't get to enjoy their 21st, one particular tearaway (from a 'good' family) managed to break a power pole off about a metre above ground level by running a big motorbike into the thing at well over 200k. Needless to say he DIDN'T have a headache. |
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By: aracicstephen@ymail.com
14/11/2009
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| I agree with 'ill_be back,' but let's make it; 50-60y/o. If we talking drink/drive, 0.0.0. |
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By: aracicstephen@ymail.com
14/11/2009
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'farout' I am 70y/o non a/drinker, I do drink water, Artesian water available through my house tap. Everyone reacts differently to alcohol. Some can drink 3 glasses of vine or beer and my not be drunk as the one with i glass. At party's I observe people that I know and see them react differently from when they had 1 glass. It would be nice if people, when they say "I'll have just one glass."
Not many can stop at one? One glass links with second. Ones you had 2 glasess, brain forgets and you go for more! |
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By: juneregger@rocketmail.com
16/11/2009
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I dont believe that uping the age to drink alchol would make any difference.
I went to my grandson football match a few weeks ago and it wasnt the 18 year olds that were doing all the boozing. It was the parents.
How can parents complain when all there doing is drinking after the game . These kids are watching their dad usually getting so drunk they can hardly walk . So what hope has the young person got when they watch their parents drinking every week. If its not football season ,its cricket. |
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By: potaroopatrick
16/11/2009
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| yes lower it to 16 like europe what the problem here is socialist control freaks |
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By: ol_whal
16/11/2009
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| What the problem here is that these young ones cannot control them selves, if they acted more responsibly people wouldn't mind so much |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
17/11/2009
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What the problem here is that these young ones cannot control them selves, if they acted more responsibly people wouldn't mind so much
They aren't enjoying themselves until they are legless & chucking techicolour yawns everyplace |
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By: ol_whal
19/11/2009
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| Indonesia is going to over-run this country and we all will become Muslins and you won't be allowed to drink at all ------ that'd be good. |
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By: ausgal953755
19/11/2009
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21 to drink and 21 to vote,
probably still a bit young for both but it would be an improvement. |
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By: king_bast
19/11/2009
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| headlines today that its been propose to raise the age to......19! WTF is that supposed to achieve? |
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By: ol_whal
19/11/2009
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"21 to drink and 21 to vote,"
Yep, the way it was, and no sex before marriage -- well -- sort off -- on the quiet it was OK |
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By: knevillebartos
19/11/2009
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headlines today that its been propose to raise the age to......19! WTF is that supposed to achieve?
exactly, it'll just encourage more drinking, sneaking around, more fake i.d.'s etc |
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By: king_bast
19/11/2009
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If you're going to raise the age, at least raise it to 21. It's a lot harder to pass as 21 than it is to pass as 18, so that would have some effect....but it's just as easy to pass for 19 as it is 18, and teenagers would be far more likely to have a 19 year old friend to buy it for them than they are to have a 21 year old.
And this 'plan' supposedly devised by an 'expert' is intended to stamp out drinking at schoolies. Don't see it happening...ever. |
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By: knevillebartos
19/11/2009
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Good point again bast.
I'm in my 20's and still get asked for i.d |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
20/11/2009
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| I had a public servant once ask my 88 y/o mother for proof she was over 18. Says a lot about entrance requirements for bureaucrazies(sic) |
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By: tash8497
20/11/2009
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| They will never turn it around now. Unfortunately, the teens are often given alcohol by parents at their own parties etc and it is accepted as the norm these days. I know as I live with teen and hear a lot about what goes on. It's very sad as it's damaging to the developing brains, but like trying to stop a locomotive. |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
20/11/2009
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They will never turn it around now.
Probably not, teen boozing is simply worth far too much money to ignore. Notice how quickly the Valley boozer operators introduced a few band-aid remedies when the Blighters started crapping on about restricted hours. |
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By: va11ozman
20/11/2009
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I believe we only dropped the legal age limit so we could send 18yr old males to the Vietnam war and if they were going to represent our country in war they wanted to be able to drink legally!!
Actually the age was dropped for drinking and fighting to 18 by the labor party who saw the benefits of getting children with little or no knowledge into the polling booths on promises. |
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By: ill_be_back@rocketmail.com
20/11/2009
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Actually the age was dropped for drinking and fighting to 18 by the labor party who saw the benefits of getting children with little or no knowledge into the polling booths on promises.
That may well have been the case at the time, nevertheless it would take a braver politician than our present crop of limp-wristed pansies to offend the pub lobby |
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By: va11ozman
21/11/2009
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| I believe4 it was first put forward by Donny Dungstones who could see the benefits of it to his party. Glad he yhas gone. He depopulated S.A. thousands fled becuase they thought h o mo se xuality was to be made compulsory. |
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