Re: Mr Gilmore as a medical intern

In article <210220082106460205%cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Mark Nobles
<cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> David E. Milligan <davideml@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > "Dwayne Ingles Glasscock" <replyonusenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:30:26 -0800 (PST), Cory
> > > <my_wheel_life@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>I have a problem, in the first place, with all of the
> > >>discrepancies in age-related laws (you can be drafted at age 18, but
> > >>you cannot drink until you're 21... you can drive when you're 16,
but
> > >>you're not a "legal" adult until you're 18... and I DO feel that any
> > >>16 year old girl should have the legal right to be able to go out
with
> > >>any guy she chooses.), but to single out people like Milo simply
> > >>because of their celebrity is just plain despicably WRONG.  It's
> > >>tantamount to wearing a bullseye on your back just because someone
> > >>knows who you are.
> > > This brings up the old arguement we had many years ago.....
> > > at 18 you can be drafted, go to Viet Nam, get killed but
> > > you can't go drink a beer.
> > 
> >     The law was changed (at least here in Florida) during the VN war,
and
> >     you
> > could buy alcohol at 
> > 18. And after Viet Nam ended, so many 18 year old high school students
were
> > buying beer, etc., and 
> > bringing it to school. And so many being killed in auto accidents, the
law
> > was changed back to 
> > having to be 21 to buy alcohol.
> 
> Another reason for it is to motivate people 18 to 20 to vote. If they'd
> turn out to vote, the politicians would be reaching out to them by
> fixing this. Since they don't vote, who cares?

"Fixing it" would require RAISING the legal drinking age to about 45.