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Originally Posted by cheekyboy_123 I 've always wondered why not just increase the age from 18 to 21 (as they have in the US)..
I know this won't completely stop the flow of alcohol to the underage but may help to make a difference. |
Well it will not because if you was so inclined to purchase alcohol for secondary-school age teenagers then a mere age rise will not change that as they will simply find somebody slightly older - plenty of those around. And everyone knows the newsagents and off-licenses less inclined to ask for ID. Supermarkets will every time if in doubt. But all the same if you are a current university student showing your ID then you are legally entitled to purchase alcohol anyway so I am not sure what your argument is
And on another point, if you are referring to university age, then it will only be under-age under your proposal precisely because its been raised to 21. Interesting fudging of the line there
What I will say is that its a combination of upbringing and societal attitude in my opinion. We all know that there is a prevalent belief that getting ****** is equated to having a good time. That may be so in some instances, but
every weekend I would doubt. Gaining maturity is not of course limited to alcohol and certainly not everyone grows out of the habit of getting ****** and doing stupid things. Such an approach is not necessarily to do with your upbringing and peers and might simply be the kind of person you are
For those who are attending or have attended university, we all know the people who lived a sheltered life and so let loose with a sprinkling of freedom you will find them downing Smirnoff before heading out. Whereas everybody else got over that years ago. You can go to the pub like a civilised person and drink normally whereas they will be paying over the top prices for spirit mixes. I am not of course referring to anybody I am living with. Not at all
On a side note I would say you have to be careful with your definition of anti-social. Having sex on a street is anti-social everywhere. Sitting on steps with cheap WKD would not raise eyebrows in the part of Manchester I know, but in a middle-class area in the south of the country people could not call the police fast enough