même si j`ai tort, laissez-le-moi

onemoretimewithfeeling:

poortaste:

onemoretimewithfeeling:

chvnx:

antikris:

Get real.  I am 29 and I cant say that I even now know how to enjoy alcohol responsibly.  Do they think lowering the age to 18 will alleviate the binge drinking?!  Realy?!  If you want to do something, legalize the herb.  I cant partake in it because I get drug tested for work but I know if I went on weed binges over booze binges the only thing that would suffer would be my ass due to massive amounts of oreos.  Now I have to look through my text messages morning or afternoon (whenever the fuck I wake up) to recollect what my night consisted of.  The brain cells are dying off and my liver hates my guts.

You can drink in Canada @ 18 years old.  It’s not that 18 is too young, it’s just that Americans are generally idiots about that kind of thing.

How the hell do you guys get drunk off of that piss-water combo you call Beer, anyway?  4%?  LOL!

It’s not 18 all over Canada, apparently some of your provinces are generally idiots aren’t responsible until age 19.

Part of the reason why American’s can’t handle themselves is because our Puritan style laws and society tell us how bad and evil it is for most of our lives, while we watch our older cousins/family/friends partake. When you get your hands on something that is so taboo, you tend to go all out. When you don’t know your personal limits, going all out can mean dropping dead in a ditch or crashing your car into the garage door. Most cultures/countries/people who are exposed to alcohol at an early age have no real desire to binge their livers off.

Well said, poortaste.

agreeing with poortaste:

although i was raised in utah, i was also raised in a family where at holidays or other special occasions i was allowed to have a glass of wine with dinner from a very early age.  i was even allowed to taste my grandfather’s sambuca (which i then decided i hated due to it tasting like black licorice…).  when other kids around me started sneaking beverages, binging, and all that comes with under-aged (or even of-age) drinking i just found it stupid.

my friends in new zealand started drinking very young, but they also were raised in a culture where drinking, even to the point where you’re absolutely tossed, was perfectly normal.  you just had to know your own limits. and they always, always, have a designated driver, or insist on having someone stay and crash on the couch if they seem like they’ve had too much, etc..