View Single Post
Old 04-14-2008, 07:04 PM   #22 (permalink)
zineeditor
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 61
OS: WindowsXP


Re: 7 States consider lowering the drinking age to 18

I've seen many drunken punks of many ages. I've lived in many cities including Miami and New Orleans both of which have always had lots of drunk drivers. Miami also has a lot of just plain crazy drivers, drugged drivers and senile ones. It's a wild place.
I fully understand about the terrible tragedy of anyone getting seriously injured or even killed by a drunk driver. My complaint is that the government keeps coming up with ways to pass laws about what we can and can't do. The problem with that is just how far are they going to go?! They don't stop. They just keep going. One of these days they will have us so boxed into a corner we won't be able to move. Don't think it's not coming. Case in point -- Britain has become an almost total police state. Cameras are literally almost everywhere. And there's lots more going on. Do the research. Incidentally Europe and a lot of other places have become part of some Codex thing that restricts anyone from buying herbs and vitamins. One has to get a prescription and the amount is severely limited. I understand that this country has signed on to this Codex thing (it involves a lot of other stuff not just vitamins) but supposedly we don't have to go along with the vitamin restrictions. Well I for one don't trust them. Consider how there are rumblings about making insurance difficult for anyone overweight. Now that could get quite complicated considering how many overweight people there are percentage-wise in the U.S. Smoking is probably on the verge of being outlawed (the point isn't that it's bad stuff but that it's another freedom taken away). There are restrictions on the content of simple allergy sinus medications now. It's difficult to get good pain medications by prescription now. Need I go on. Think about it. Think about the whole picture. At the rate we're going we aren't that terribly far behind from becoming another Britain or worst. Just wait and see what else they come up with down the pike. I've been researching this humbug for years and years.
zineeditor is offline   Reply With Quote