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Originally Posted by Markul
Well for one thing, how can you be trusted to vote if you cannot be trusted to drink? I mean it's about being "old enough" to make sensible choices when it comes to drinking right? That's probably the rationale behind having a min drinking age of 21.
But you can vote, because that's not really a choice....? Makes so little sense.
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The reason 18 year olds were given the right to vote is because we were being drafted to go to Vietnam. The reason there is an age limit on drinking has nothing to do with trust; it has to do with brain development which politicians have proven for years is not a job requirement.