Re: Mr Gilmore as a medical intern

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:06:46 -0600, Mark Nobles
<cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>     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?

Traditionally votesr 18-20 talk a good game but when push comes to
shove they don't vote.