Posted On: August 20, 2008, 4:02 pm CDT

Posted By: lastbat

As long as the draft included women I'd be for it, though it should be expanded to match Germany's mandatory federal service - you spend your two years in any Federal service: military, fire service or medical corps. We'd have to tweak it a little, but I'm sure we could make it work. However this won't solve any underage drinking problems as the military has a worse underage drinking problem than colleges do. I was actually rated down on my review because I didn't drink with the guys - and I wasn't 21 yet. Being peoples' "drinking buddy" is a valid and accepted rating aspect on military reviews. If you don't get drunk with your crew you have a much tougher time advancing, and in some units won't advance at all.

I'm for eliminating the drinking age. It doesn't do what it's supposed to in any meaningful way. We can still outlaw everything we don't like about not being sober - drunk driving, public indecency, all that good stuff. I make the same arguments for drugs too. Hold people responsible for their actions and let them kill themselves in any way they want.

For the insurance aspect, if colleges can lower tuition and fees by having a lower insurance premium from via a lower drinking age I'm all for it. Hold these adults responsible for their own actions. The college is their to teach them, not babysit them.