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Originally posted by QuantumMotorsports:
Unit 5302 - Do you honestly think that every 18 year old is responsible enough to drink?... Kids are stupid, I should know, takes one to know one... There are laws like those becasue kids are immature and aren't resposible enough to drink, be president. And oh my god, you're griping about getting your licence pulled when drinking, underage, and driving!!!?!?!?! First of all, I would have no problem with revoked licences for drunk driving OVER 21, and for people under 21 but over 18 I'd be fine with jail time for them!!! That's just stupid. And inexcusable.
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Do you honestly believe every 35 year old is responsible enough to drink? What about every 21 year old? I know a hell of a lot of legal drinkers, old and young that cannot handle it.
I don't appreciate being thrown into a generalized category, especially stupid. I have always considered myself to have above average intellegence and common sense to boot thanks. If you are saying you are stupid, go ahead, it just negates anything you say, but don't be throwing
myself, and many younger adults into that category. If I were to agree that people of 18 years old were not old enough to handle such responsibility as the engagement in a legal recreational practice such as alcohol consumption, then how in the **** do you expect to them to be legally able to get married, choose to enlist in the military, or be tried as an adult? Obviously if they don't posses the knowledge and the experiance to be punished as an adult then 18-21 year olds should be tried as juvenille's. Is that what you are saying? I'm sorry, but when you are afforded the rights and responsibilities of being an adult, you should not have certain ones revoked because you are still too young. Either you are an adult or not. The law cannot bend based on age; that is age discrimination. This is not a fraternity or a sorority where you have a whatever many long pledge period. If you think it is, then I'd submit the 16-17 year olds are the "pledges".
I'll agree, it's very stupid to be cruising around while drinking or drunk. Please re-read what I said. I'm not arguing that, I'm arguing the fact that the punishment for the crime is based on your age! Which is fucked up. Also the possibility of having your license revoked for a below the legal limit BAL is stupid. The law should read DWI .08 or .1 or whatever. This DUI crap is BS. It's just another revenue machine for the government. Well "John" blew a .01 almost nothing, but he got a DUI-minor cause the officer decided he didn't like him, which is the same thing as a DWI, just a different name. I don't know about you, but I'd say the 18yr old has a right to have a beer, but now after being cited for a BS rule, he will could see his license gone for 3 years. Please use your supreme logic to justify that. Knowing that a 21yr old blowing a .11 get's a 30 day suspension.