11-22-2004, 10:25 AM
I'm actually in favour of a younger drinking age.
I grew up hanging out on the campus of MSU and saw a number of people who were doing fairly well academically until they turned 21 and lost themselves in a year of partying.
Here, in Ontario, the drinking age is 19 and I see the students getting the partying out of their system early and buckle down to school more quickly.
It's almost like in the US, people are given a chance to grow up then they turn stupid again for a year or so. Here in Canada, drinking is the final stage of growing up. I also see far fewer problem drinkers here in Ontario than I ever did in Michigan.
I grew up hanging out on the campus of MSU and saw a number of people who were doing fairly well academically until they turned 21 and lost themselves in a year of partying.
Here, in Ontario, the drinking age is 19 and I see the students getting the partying out of their system early and buckle down to school more quickly.
It's almost like in the US, people are given a chance to grow up then they turn stupid again for a year or so. Here in Canada, drinking is the final stage of growing up. I also see far fewer problem drinkers here in Ontario than I ever did in Michigan.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.