I could go into a rant about the unending toxic influence of the Puritan mindset on the American psyche and American laws, but I'll restrain myself.
I agree that it is absurd that American teenagers can be sent off to war, to handle weapons that deal out mass death and risk being killed themselves when they aren't trusted to deal with alcohol responsibility. However, the statistics show that American teens are truly crap drivers as a rule (even worse than their parents), alcohol is a major contributing factor in road fatalities, and I'm sure the carnage on American roads would be much worse if incompetent and inexperienced teenage drivers had easy access to alcohol.
IIN That you can go to war when you're 18, but not drink alcohol?
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I could go into a rant about the unending toxic influence of the Puritan mindset on the American psyche and American laws, but I'll restrain myself.
I agree that it is absurd that American teenagers can be sent off to war, to handle weapons that deal out mass death and risk being killed themselves when they aren't trusted to deal with alcohol responsibility. However, the statistics show that American teens are truly crap drivers as a rule (even worse than their parents), alcohol is a major contributing factor in road fatalities, and I'm sure the carnage on American roads would be much worse if incompetent and inexperienced teenage drivers had easy access to alcohol.