http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/10/20/plugging-holes/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/10/20/plugging-holes/#comment-313 FightforRight Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:52:35 +0000 http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/10/20/plugging-holes/#comment-313 Ah, yes, they seem to keep referring to the fact that deaths and accidents RELATED to alcohol go down when a 21 age is implemented. Notice I said related, it could mean that a drunk teenager or a drunk 40 something housewife could've caused the accident. Anyways, of course the numbers of deaths are going to go down when you make alcohol consumption illegal for a portion of the population. However, a far more logical step to cut drunk driving would be to totally prohibit alcohol. It would DRASTICALLY cut down on drunk driving, along with a lot of other alcohol related problems. I mean, trying (in vain) to keep alcohol from the portion of the population under 21 may cut down on alcohol related problems a slight bit, but total prohibition of alcohol would almost make them disappear. I'll have to find some statistics from the Prohibition era, but I'll bet I'm right. Personally, I wouldn't mind total prohibition, it'd make my life a lot easier on the road, plus the law wouldn't be based in ageism, which has no real logic to it. Ah, yes, they seem to keep referring to the fact that deaths and accidents RELATED to alcohol go down when a 21 age is implemented. Notice I said related, it could mean that a drunk teenager or a drunk 40 something housewife could’ve caused the accident. Anyways, of course the numbers of deaths are going to go down when you make alcohol consumption illegal for a portion of the population. However, a far more logical step to cut drunk driving would be to totally prohibit alcohol. It would DRASTICALLY cut down on drunk driving, along with a lot of other alcohol related problems. I mean, trying (in vain) to keep alcohol from the portion of the population under 21 may cut down on alcohol related problems a slight bit, but total prohibition of alcohol would almost make them disappear. I’ll have to find some statistics from the Prohibition era, but I’ll bet I’m right. Personally, I wouldn’t mind total prohibition, it’d make my life a lot easier on the road, plus the law wouldn’t be based in ageism, which has no real logic to it.

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