Do you think that it makes sense that we're allowed to fight in a war at 18 but we cannot buy liquor untill 21?
2006-12-21 14:32:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, not at all.
2006-12-21 14:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Eighteen is too young to be legal in the bars; many people are still in high school at this age. But 21 is too old. Many people at this age are married with children, have mortgages, and other adult responsibilities. Many countries use the age of 19, and it's a more reasonable number. Enlisting should be the same age.
To d3midway: questioning is not the same as complaining.
2006-12-21 15:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by Webber 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an old topic it has been this way for years so stop complaining. If this is the only problem you have in your life you are doing good. If you are 18 you can not tell me you are not drinking anyway whether you buy it or not. And you must not be fighting in the war if you are on yahoo q&a
2006-12-21 14:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by d3midway semi-retired 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would trust a sober 18 year old with a m-16 over a 18 year old with a bottle of Jack Daniels driving a pickup truck anyday.
2006-12-21 14:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO NO AND NO! i dont think you should be able to serve until youre 21 either! because i sure dont believe you need to buy alcohol at 18!
2006-12-21 14:37:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.
- Hermann Goering
or is it GW Bush Goering???
2006-12-21 14:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by lovefights 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I think that if you are old enough to die for your country, you should be old enough to drink liquor.
2006-12-21 15:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by Kikyo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because one has nothing to do with the other. Shouldn't you also be allowed to run for President or the Senate?
2006-12-21 14:36:11 · answer #8 · answered by nomorecash702 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely you could die on your usa at 18 yet NEWSFLASH you could drink below age if your interior the militia. no one particularly is conscious why yet i parent this is because of the fact there is of undertaking you're able to die in afghanistan or iraq so they want you to journey alcohol in the previous you die.
2016-11-28 03:13:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was a draft you might have a point. But, there's no draft. You have to volunteer for the military. Therefore, you have no point at all.
2006-12-21 14:40:00 · answer #10 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boo hoo. Life's not fair.
Its the first of many many many injustices you'll notice in life.
You'll live with ulcers and die miserable if you don't learn to accept it.
2006-12-21 14:36:34 · answer #11 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋