Do you think it is fair that an 18 year old person can join the army and fight in a war but can't buy alcohol? (In the U.S.)
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I don't see how one thing has anything to do with the other.
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Yes, but it's like comparing apples and oranges.
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Yes. I was in the Army when the age change happened. (When I went in, the drinking age was 18 in all five branches of service, regardless of location.) As soon as the 18-20 year olds stopped drinking on post, the number of fights and fatal automobile accidents decreased immensely. There were also fewer stockade (jail) inmates.
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I've never understood how being a soldier meant someone would be prematurely given access to a poisonous beverage that alters mental capacity. The two have nothing to do with one another. So yes, I think it's fair. There's no reason an enlisted person shouldn't be held accountable to the same laws as civilians. In fact, more so.
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No, I think it's ridiculous.
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This isn't a new revelation and has been asked since the Viet Nam War. To give someone the right to decide to kill but not buy alcohol is ludicrous.
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No it is ludicrous. It basically says "you are old enough to decide of you want to put your life, metal health and physical safety at risk in one situation but not in another." You could even argue that it should be the other way around as being in the army is a far greater risk to your person than being a drinker. If someone is old enough and wise enough to be allowed to fight and die in a war then I think they are also old enough and wise enough to determine what they put into their body.
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Yes, though I am sure that you can get your booze somewhere else besides a liquor store.
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Why shouldn't it be fair? You cannot compare the two issues.
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Life's not fair. Fair is a weather condition.
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No I do not think it is fair..if a person can pick up a weapon to defend their country they can pick up a cocktail to releive the stress of it.When my son went into the Marines he wasn't yet 21...I allowed him to drink before he left for bootcamp.For the reason stated above.
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Not particularly, but I drank plenty underage when I was in the Marines.
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