Aug 20 2008
Can I have a drink? NO! But here’s an M16A4. Now go out there and shoot people.
This rant is NOT anti-military. This rant is about the absurdity of assuming that an 18 year old is not mature enough to drink, but he’s mature enough to be given a machine gun and asked to die for his country, or even that he’s mature enough to decide who ought to run this country.
Keep this in mind. I am not saying that 18 year olds are not mature enough to handle machine guns. I’m asking for consistency in arguments by the anti-drinking Nazi’s. Either raise the age for all other “adult” things to 21, or else lower the drinking age to 18. Keeping the drinking age at 21 is getting more and more ridiculous as time goes on.
Kudos to the presidents of these colleges for asking that the debate be reopened; for bucking the tide of popular, theocracy-desiring opinion and asking that we discuss whether the 21 drinking age has had the effect that was intended. If only they’d do the same for the “War on Drugs”.
Oh, and these anti-alcohol groups like MADD, SADD, BADD, and other *ADD groups, quit being ridiculous and calling for a “boycott” of those schools where the presidents have asked to reopen the discussion. Assuming that these presidents are personally walking to dorms and handing out liquor is a little…retarded, don’t you think? They’re going to uphold the law, if for no other reason than they could lose their position and considerable salary by not upholding the law.
They’re just asking that we discuss this, not stating their intention to abandon the law.
Let me ask you this: Has the “war on drugs” lessened the drug abuse in this country? Do speeding laws keep you from speeding when no one’s around? Does telling your child “no” mean that they’re never going to do it?
Making something illegal doesn’t lessen its occurrence. It merely makes it more likely to happen behind closed doors. It makes the activity more enticing. It gives these young people the chance to “stick it to the man” in one more way. If you had your way, I know, you’d create another Prohibition Era. Well, do the research before you conclude that the Prohibition Era was the Golden Era of Morality. It accomplished the opposite of its intent.
Oh, and for those of you Christians who oppose drinking on religious grounds: Jesus drank. If Christ drank wine, and drinking wine is a sin, then you have removed His ability to be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. If drinking is wrong, then Christ is a sinner, and His sacrifice on the Cross and subsequent resurrection was a LIE. And if you start spouting off about Jesus’ non-alcoholic wine, I’m merely going to point you back to the Bible and ask for a shred of proof. You won’t find it. You’ll merely reason in a circular fashion and return. Jesus drank. The apostles drank. Paul encouraged Timothy to drink. The early church drank. Calvin drank. Martin Luther drank. You’re holier with your lack of Biblical understanding than these men? Get over yourselves.
