How is it that you can vote at 18 and fight for your country but you can not drink?

Question

I love this country but we are backwards at time's feel that if your not old enough to drink then you should not be old enough to fight for this country. Children just out of high school looking to go to college are dying before ever even get drink a glass of wine how crazy is that, the age could be 21 ,18 is still to young.

Answer 1

There are all kinds of possible reasons and/or excuses, but I agree completely that if you're old enough to die you're old enough to drink.

Answer 2

MADD believes that the brain still develops at age 20 and that is part of thier campaign. Drinking and driving are a major concern even at age 21 the instances are high.


The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report Wednesday that 39 percent of all traffic deaths in the United States last year involved alcohol. A total of 16,885 people died in alcohol-related crashes in 2005, including pedestrians and cyclists, down just 0.2 percent from 16,919 in 2004.

Answer 3

that query changed into requested otherwise. interior the 1960's, the draft age changed into 18, eating age diverse from state to state, voting all started at 21. there turned right into a draft decrease back then and 18 twelve months olds were getting drafted and some were getting despatched to the Vietnam warfare. The argument then changed into that if 18 twelve months olds might want to be drafted to probably die for his or her us of a, then they ought to be able to vote for or antagonistic to the individuals making nationwide coverage. From that feeling changed into born the circulate in the route of the 18 twelve months previous vote, the twenty sixth modification, ratified July a million, 1971. the first presidential election lower than the hot rule changed into 1972 which reelected Richard Nixon. all of us understand how that grew to develop into out.

Answer 4

Because when some states used to have the drinking age at 18 they had very high incidences of teenage drunk driving accidents and deaths. I agree with you that 18 is far too young to die though, but so is 21.

Answer 5

The insurance industry lobbied the federal government to pass a law that would force states to raise the drinking age to 21.

Answer 6

Do you want the real answer? It's because the law is not a rational system. No one set down one day and said, "Hey, let's come up with all of the laws we need to run a society."

Instead, they were added one by one, often with little consideration for what had been done before. Any set of laws is going to be full of contradictions. That's simply the nature of law.

Answer 7

you can drink at any age, but in some states it's illegal until you are 21. you probably wont see the wisdom in these laws until you see what happens to some people you know who think that being drunk is sexy and cool year after year. unfortunately that knowledge only comes with experience. sorry that's probably not what you wanted to hear but it's true. every year thousands of teens and adults are splattered on their dashboards. check out auto crash pictures.com

Answer 8

1) at 18 you join
2) you spend the next 3 years of your life fighting in the "war"
3) you come home and have to drink just to forget the horrible
things you've seen during the "war"

18
+ 3
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21

Answer 9

drinking takes responsibility and majority of the people feel people under 21 are not responsible enough.

Answer 10

Lots of people feel the same. Tell your elected officials to change the laws. Write them letters, get petitions signed. You can do it.