The drinking age should not be raised because getting drunk is fun and 18 and 19-year-olds are not the only problem drinkers, a spokeswoman for the Keep it 18 campaign says.Their facebook page is here; were I on facebook, I'd sign on.
The reaction follows the release yesterday of the 500-page report by the Law Commission into reducing the harm caused by alcohol. The report made a number of recommendations, including raising the purchase age of alcohol to 20-years.
The Government was considering the report and its recommendations before saying what it would agree to.
Keep it 18 spokeswoman Jenna Raeburn, 22, said today it was a contradiction that 18 and 19-year-olds could work in a bar, vote, get married or become a prostitute and politicians were considering taking away their right to drink alcohol.
There were also benefits of drinking, which were not mentioned in the Law Commission report, she said.
"The fact that people like to drink speaks for itself.
"Going out and drinking, and even going out and getting drunk, can be a lot of fun."
Ms Raeburn said raising the alcohol purchase age would punish the majority for the actions of a few problem drinkers.
Roger Douglas's speech in Parliament on tobacco also was rather nice.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
As I am randomly likely to delete anonymous comments, please use a handle. Comments on older posts go into moderation; sorry if there are delays in hoisting your comment from the moderation pool. Note also that, due to quirks in Blogger's coding, comments appear date-stamped prior to the original post. Either that or I have remarkably prescient readers.