tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post4988601385055497753..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Solving Illegal Behavior Problems by Making It LegalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-72410174206259167362008-08-23T18:45:00.000-05:002008-08-23T18:45:00.000-05:00If the drinking age is to remain at 21, what about...If the drinking age is to remain at 21, what about raising the age for voting, serving in the military, signing contracts, etc, to 21 also?<BR/><BR/>Generally speaking, people tend to get what they want one way or another -- guns, drugs, and alcohol. Making something illegal has its own set of negative consequences.<BR/><BR/>I don't see any obvious answer to this question. There's nothing wrong with at least discussing this issue.sajohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488313429539581982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-82731377576055317692008-08-20T17:58:00.000-05:002008-08-20T17:58:00.000-05:00These are 2 issues: 1.) drinking and 2.) binge dri...These are 2 issues: 1.) drinking and 2.) binge drinking on college campuses.<BR/><BR/>The legal age of drinking should be 18, period. It has nothing to do with nannying college students. It has everything to do with adulthood.<BR/><BR/>Making the legal for alcohol 18 does not mean tolerating public intox, or drunk driving, or alcoholism, any more that allowing a college kid to have a bank account encourages overdrafts.<BR/><BR/>Now the second issue is drinking on college campuses. <BR/><BR/>1. Considering the incredible mess the dorms tend to be (as seen in the Hillcrest Rape Case) it is entirely understandable that the students binge drink. The dorm authorities have no control over the dorm<BR/><BR/>2. In the old days college campuses were a place where a young adult could develop his ming, his body, and his spirit. Somewhere along the line the spirit and body were eliminated from development....and the mind if fast going.<BR/><BR/>There used to be great recreational opportunities for students -- intramural leagues, more clean facilities, etc. The rec program is a joke because it must cost too much.<BR/><BR/>Class time has significantly decreased and class size increased. All this is done to max out profit -- tuition -- while supplying classes at a minimum. Classic business strategy.<BR/><BR/>What this does is leave students with little to do on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and even Sunday. No recreation worth a damn. The bizarre over-crowding in the dorms. An academic schedule that gives them tons of free time..and disposable income.<BR/><BR/>So the students drink and party and binge.<BR/><BR/>We need colleges not run on the business model of buy low, and sell high, or supply minimum worth for maximum dollars, but college campuses that once again develop mind, body, and soul.<BR/><BR/>Those days are probably long gone, however under our current profit-is-everything thinking.<BR/><BR/>The recreational money is spent on D-1 sports that encourages...sitting on the ass and drinking beer. Great.<BR/><BR/>Lowering the drinking age will do little to stop college drinking.<BR/><BR/>Actually going back to the ideals of college, as it was founded would clearly reduce (but not eliminate) drinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-30129967573739439582008-08-20T13:11:00.000-05:002008-08-20T13:11:00.000-05:00Are we better off today than we were in 1983 befor...Are we better off today than we were in 1983 before the 1984 federal uniform minimum age to drink law was passed? I am not aware of any convincing evidence that we are and my impression is that the situation is significantly worse.<BR/><BR/>Why is a public discussion about changing the legal age to drink a problem? I think the caliber of the alcohol research in the US is very low in comparison to the research done in Europe and Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-37565748200776515522008-08-20T09:47:00.000-05:002008-08-20T09:47:00.000-05:00What a joke nick.It Doesn't matter if an 18 yo is ...What a joke nick.<BR/><BR/>It Doesn't matter if an 18 yo is potentially more irresponsible or not. If we can send them to die in Iraq or Afghanistan at 18, they should be able to have a beer. <BR/><BR/>People need to quit trying to nanny college students. You are legally an adult at 18, it should be no different here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com