Posted On: August 21, 2008, 1:38 pm CDT

Posted By: Demos

18 yr olds (sometimes younger) are tried as "adults" if they break the law, the theory being at that age they are old enough to be held responsible for their own actions.

18 yr olds (sometimes younger) are responsible enough to shoulder M16s etc... and protect and even die for our national interests (read big business/oil) by serving in the Military - in the past at times involuntarily (and maybe soon in the future as well)due to the draft. Funny how the draft does not apply to all the old farts that are making the laws, huh.

18 yr olds (hopefully none younger)as a whole are legally considered intelligent enough and "responsible" enough to participate in the entire democratic process by voting. Funny how that same group is excluded from holding many offices (president etc)due to their age though as they are not considered "old enough" to responsibly carry out the duties of that same office. Go figure.

It's simply a question of fairness. To ask a young person to elect our leaders, go to prison, possibly die for the rest of us and to have "the rest of us" tell them they are too irresponsible to have a drink is plain hippocritical and wrong. If you want the drinking age at 21, then everything else should be 21 as well.