I never placed any significance on either age. People tend to associate 18 with being able to do anything even if your parents don't like it, but I've always been given freedom to do whatever I wanted anyway.
As for alcohol, 18 is the legal age here, but I was allowed it way before, and discovered it wasn't to my taste, so at 18 I didn't feel the urge to get wasted because I could.
The only thing i see that's great about being 21 in Aus is the pay is more then if you were twenty, that's until you consider Tax. Tax ruins everything!
I just turned 21 a couple months ago, and I don't drink...so it wasn't really that big of a deal to me, but hey, if I wanted to go out and drink, I can do so now.
I think they should just lower the drinking age to 18, personally.
I agree. I remember when it was 18 actually. I think its retarded that it got risen to 21. Men and women join the military and serve their country... can go into battle and risk their life but arent old enough to have a beer or something... its not fair in my opinion.
I think the bigger problem is the fact that a higher age doesn't stop underage drinking at all and in fact makes the problem worse. It's human nature to want to do something you're not allowed to do; there's such a huge teenage drinking problem in this country because kids are never taught what moderation is, and think they're being cool by being a rebel and going out and getting totally smashed when they can't legally drink.
I'm a bit of of a hedonist, I guess. I'm 19, I've drank a couple times, but I don't do it because it's forbidden. If I'm going to get drunk, what I'm drinking has to taste good. I don't get drunk for the sake of getting drunk. There should be more to it than that
I don't think they should push it down that far. I think twenty would be a fair age to allow alcohol consumption. I personally think eighteen is a tad young. A lot of young adults (Especially here) still lack maturity to A) know their limit and B) not drink repetitively.
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