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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Yep.
We have quite a big drinking problem in this country.
Labour (Democrat) government said they would lower the drinking age to 18 so of course they got tens of thousands of young voters voting them in.
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Should be even lower than that.
When I moved to the US from Germany it was a bit surprising when my teen friends were always scheming how to get beer.
I'd say. "your parents don't have beer at home?"
Yes
"OK, so lets just go get some"
??????? ARE YOU NUTS, we'll get our asses kicked.
"Why"
Point being, my impression of the States was teens saw drinking as this forbidden thing that challenged them to get alcohol vs alcohol is just alcohol, not really that big a deal, and they never really learned responsible consumption.