Well the 18 and 19 year olds can head across the borders to either Canada or Mexico. The drinking age in Canada is 18 or 19 depending on the province.
larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:45:46 -0600, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a lot of things I can't control when my kid isn't around. > Pot is illegal now and my kids could still smoke it. (Ok, not my kids, > my eldest is 4 ;) Note that I have no problem with restricting the > sales of some items.(*) I don't advocate selling guns to children. But > the point is - legal or not - you have to teach your kids right from > wrong, and what to do when they -arent- in your care. Since you say > that you think drugs should be legal and controlled, then I think we > are on the same page. > > I consider myself a liberatarian, but not when it comes to children. > However, once you hit 18, you should be as free as possible to do > whatever you want. > > * While i favor age restrictions on alcohol and cigs, I think it is > insane that an 18 year old can join the army, vote for president, > smoke, but not drink a beer. There should be one age. Period. Not > everyone matures at the same time, but if everything else is 18, it is > silly to have "21" be the magic age where it is ok to drink. > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:34:06 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but can you control when they would be exposed if it was legal. If > > someone can walk down the street smoking a blunt, can you protect your > > children from the smoke? Could you protect yourself? > > I'd rather that drugs were legal but heavily controlled. I'd also prefer > > people to have common sense. As they don't seem to have the latter (much), I > > can't trust in the former. > > > > I'll teach my kids the dangers, I'll stress that its bad and I'll keep them > > away from them as long as I can. I give them a LOT of leeway in things that > > I don't feel are a danger to them. This I think is. > > > > > > > > > I'm a parent and I don't think drugs should be illegal. I also think > > > that it's my responsibility as a parent to keep my young and > > > impressionable child away from drugs, if I deem them offensive. Or > > > better yet, let him know about the downside of drugs. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:04:38 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > That is what just about any parent will say and I agree. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136392 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
