Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 02, 2015

Because 18-year-olds don’t drink, right?(I didn’t, but I went to a university where almost everyone else did.)

Because 18-year-olds can be called up to fight for their country, so they should have a say in the leadership. If I’m not mistaken, you can legally drink on base if you’re in the military. If it were up to me, you wouldn’t be allowed to drink until 25 or vote until 35.

Because the level of political education (facts, not opinions) in this country is so low, I don’t think it matters if you even allow 16- year- olds to vote. An ignorant voter is the same at 16 as 35. Unfortunately (or fortunately) people can be trained at 18 to operate military hardware and put themselves in harm.s way doing it. Living in this world can be fraught with danger, educated or not.

After three years of voting and seeing the outcomes, you’re driven to drinking.

In my province, the legal drinking age is 19. In Quebec, it’s 18.

Let’s raise the draft age to 65. That will keep Congress from starting wars, because they won’t want to see their buddies get called up, and besides that, they know they’d lose, anyway.

Bilan, ain’t it the truth…………?…..

Bilan, ain’t it the truth…………?…..

During that time, women could get married and have kids – and the ensuing risks to health and life – at 16. They should have been allowed to vote at that age. You want equality, sugar boy?

Ah, no, voting age should be raised.

You’re partly mistaken Boots. The drinking age on a military base matches the drinking age of the country it’s in. Here in the US, you have to be 21 to drink on base.

I like for the stuff I drink to be eighteen years old.

You forgot to mention base pay and benefits. Other than that, sounds like where I am working now.

Boots at the BoarThe only age requirement I see going up is that for freedom from corporate servitude and a chance to collect on the pension already paid for before the CEOs and CFOs confiscate it to make the balance sheet hide their skimming.

But congress and senate people have always been crooks… nothing new about that one

@agewalker : while I agree with the sentiment…. http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

I’m disabled and poor but I managed to get an ID without a problem and vote in every election we have.. Since the people you are whining about seem to be able to get an id for foodstamps, section 8 housing, buying 40’s , menthol cigs , blunts, and and all other reasons that require an id I really don’t see any problems. OH , by the way they shut down the local dmv close by me for remodeling too and quite frankly it needed it. The place looked like a dump and smelled like an old gym sock when you went in there.

Yes, it’s so hard to get a driver’s license these days. Or a non-driver’s ID card.

It was the big MADD push in the 80s that lowered the drinking age. Personally, while I understand why they did it, I still think it should be unconstitutional. If you’re old enough to vote, contract and serve in the military, you’re old enough to buy a beer.

Both parties have engaged in rigging elections. Politics, as a whole, is full of crooks.

When I was 18 this exact logic was used to lower the drinking age to 18, and on my 18th birthday, after class, I stopped off to have a beer. The only bar close was the American Legion Club, so I went there. Some old guy at the bar “sponsored” me, and I was served. After that, however, I didn’t have another drink until I was in college. Meanwhile, my Selective Service class was 1A, and my birthday came up #28 in the lottery. Had the draft not been discontinued that year, I’d have been off to Vietnam, and probably being able to drink would not have been all bad. As it was, it was unnecessary, and led to many problems. Fast forward two years, and I was a Sophomore in College. A guy behind me a year came to the same college. We played a round of golf, and afterwards stopped for a bite to eat. He said “I can’t afford food, I have only enough money for a six-pack”. Sadly, after a year of drinking at age 18 and he was an alcoholic. He dropped out of college about a week later.Not allowing drinking at 18 is probably a good idea. I have no problem with allowing they the right to vote. They have sufficient judgement to make informed decisions. I also have no problem with not allowing them to drink, as they need more life experiences as an adult before they are really ready to take on another complication, one that is addictive, and which can ruin their life if abused.

What actually happened was that they lowered the age for everything to 18, as a result of Vietnam protests, but the incidence of drunk driving went way up, and the drinking age was consequently put back.

yes- I could drink 3.2 beer when I was 18, but I was more excited at being able to vote.

I don’t think anyone covered the fact that the capacity to drink responsibly and voting don’t have much, if anything, to do with each other, so setting them at different minimum ages makes sense. I know a lot of smart young folk that would certainly turn into stupid drunks if given free reign to do so.

Well they tried 18 for drinking in many states around the time the 26 Amendment was passed. All for 18 for voting. But the drinking? It was a BLOOD-BATH and that is why most places are back to 21.