Monday, November 27, 2006

18 Is Adult

Tyler Anderson, a freshman at ISU, writing to the Iowa State Daily:
I propose that the United States allow young adults 18 and older to be able to drink in controlled environments. These controlled environments would include restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school functions. Reasoning behind this is that these situations would promote responsible drinking to young adults...

...When we turn 18, we are given the right to vote, get married, buy tobacco products, serve in the military and be tried as an adult in the U.S. court system. So why are we denied the right to consume alcohol?

All of Anderson's other reasonings in his letter, which I've edited out, pale in comparison to his conclusion.

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