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Skriven 2006-01-08 08:43:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Bejorn
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-=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Frank Scheidt <=-

 FS> The drinking law?  You think kids should be allowed to drink 
 FS> booze??
 FS>  
 >> The Americans seem to think that their stupid laws are the same in
 >> other countries. In Norway you can leagelly have a drink when you are
 >> grown up. You don't have to wait until you are 21?
 
 CS> I'd say he does.  I happen to agree that you should be allowed at
 CS> least a beer  if you are old enough to be drafted and fight in war and
 CS> die on the front  lines.
 
 FS> Faulty logic!  Consider *why* the young are drafted.  Is it 
 FS> because they think logically?  Of course not.  Studies show that 

 CS> We all know they think at that age they are indominatable but they
 CS> aint and  that they cant order a beer, is a wrongness.

My friends and I drank when we were only 18 and it was illegal 
until we were 21.  That didn't bother us then, and it doesn't 
bother me now.  We didn't get into any trouble with our drinking.

 CS> I happen to like the 18/21 split where beer and wine are ok and the
 CS> hard stuff  is limited to age 21 and over.  Training wheels sort of
 <G>. 

Ethanol is ethanol whether it's in beer or absolute alcohol (100% 
ethanol).  One can get as drunk with weak beer as one can with 
straight whiskey -- the latter is merely "quicker" ... heh heh 
heh ... for that reason the "split" you mention above is 
ineffective in preventing drunkenness.

... "I'd like a hot dog," Tom said frankly.

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