Hello, I'm a minor here in the US. Since I'm under 21, it's illegal to drink. However, I'm going to Mexico with some friends for Spring Break next March, and we'll all be 18 or older (drinking age in Mexico is 18). So, since we'll be legal to drink in Mexico, will it be morally right? It would be illegal in our home country, but legal in Mexico. And I'm not talking about getting hammered at some wild party, I'm talking about a beer or two.
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Underage Drinking question
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LiveInSpirit
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As long as you are obeying the law of the land and not stepping out of Biblical commandments then you are fine to have a beer or two.
Remember, whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Remember, whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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Thanks for the reply. The group I'm going with is almost all Christian, so we won't be doing anything crazy. Plus each has a parent going with us and staying in the room with us, so we couldn't pull off anything to bad even if we wanted to.
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Skaloop
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Gee, that sure sounds like a blast.
If you are all 18, why do you need parents? That turns it from an ethics and morality question about drinking to an ethics and morality question about having ones parent(s) around to police their grown adult children.
If you are going to be moral, do it of your own volition. If you think excessive drinking is wrong, don't do it. If you don't want to "pull off anything" then don't. Why rely on the presence of your parents? That's not being moral, that's being good because of authority. Which isn't really being good at all; it's merely being obedient.
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An argument could be made that underage drinking in the US isn't really immoral. If you're in an area where it's not illegal, there's no question that it's not a moral problem.
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Robbie_James_Francis
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Exactly.
For what it's worth, if you want to drink while in the US as well then I can't see anything inherently wrong about that. Lots of things are against the law in different times and places--governments are highly fallible organisations, not the guardians of true morality.
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It's not a moral issue, anyway - it's a LEGAL issue.
Now, we might debate whether it's a smart idea to drink to the point of intoxication, but that issue's really not tied to your age.
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LoisGriffin
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I don't see it as a problem.
Most countries have a drinking age of 18. As long as you follow the laws of the land then you are fine.
Most countries have a drinking age of 18. As long as you follow the laws of the land then you are fine.
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The way I see it they should make the drinking and firearm age 18 or just raise the age of legal responsibility to 21. If they're going to be treated like an adult and held responsible like an adult then just give 'em the damn goodies already!
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It seems that things make sense moreso once one realizes that nothing really makes a lick of sense.
Indeed. The supremely rational mind recognizes that no mind is entirely rational, including itself. Once one realizes that, it's possible to compensate for it.
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They are old enough to die/kill for their country...vote...but not have a beer. There are a lot of things that need a good fixin' in this country...
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At 18 you are old enough to be taught how to kill other people, and depended on to do it. Under 21 you are generally considered unable to responsibly handle yourself under the influence of alcohol.
I was 18 when I was in the Marines. Some of the best Marines got alcohol poisoning from drinking too much on the week ends. They were under age like I was at the time. Should we make it legal for those shenanigans to happen more often? How much do you care about people age 18 to 20, because if you make drinking booze legal at age 18 you will get more problems.
I was 18 when I was in the Marines. Some of the best Marines got alcohol poisoning from drinking too much on the week ends. They were under age like I was at the time. Should we make it legal for those shenanigans to happen more often? How much do you care about people age 18 to 20, because if you make drinking booze legal at age 18 you will get more problems.
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How much do we care about people age 18-20 that are dying in our wars? How much do we care about the people who are 21-22 that binge-drink? IMHO...having a drinking age adds to the taboo which feeds the binge-drinking mentality of teenagers. Funny how parents are o.k. with putting their kids on Ritalin or Adderall (stimulants with similar properties to Cocaine)...but no...don't sip that beer!
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When you make things legal you tend to remove the "[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] I must have as much of this as possible right now cos tomorrow I might not be able to have more." factor. Not to mention shenanigans can be gotten up to regardless of legality. Not allowing 18 year olds to drink legally doesn't mean they don 't drink - it means they don't drink around adults and thus don't come under the influence of more matur people who could tell them they've had enough - it means they drink almost exclusively arounnd their peers, which tends to lead to "shenannigans".
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keith99
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I don't doubt it. Personally I favor Beer and Wine being legal at a younger age than hard stuff. It is all but impossible to get alcohol poisoning from beer. Sick as a dog, yes, dead from falling off the roof yes. But beer minimizes some of the risk factors.
I was very lucky, booze was not a mystery to me at 18 (at 15 I had a pretty good selection for cooking and did sample a bit). I also was in a good crowd in school, that meant friends taking care of you when you had too much, rather than egging you on to even more foolish levels.
Learning to drink as a Marine is a dangerous thing.
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