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The drinking age should be abolished. We allow minors to buy all kinds of potentially dangerous products (power tools, inhalants, over-the-counter medication, etc.) without being hindered by ID checks, so why do we make an exception for alcohol? The drinking age has unintended consequences; it gives young people who illegally possess alcohol a reason to drink their entire supply in order to avoid being caught with it. Underage drinking is also yet another victimless crime that needlessly restricts freedom, clogs the criminal justice system, and generates criminal records, for the drinker and/or the supplier, depending on who gets caught. It also inconveniences those who are of age, and the vendors who serve them, by requiring the drinker to carry and show ID in order to make an alcohol purchase. The minimum age to serve in the military is 18. If we really wanted to protect people under 21 from harm, we would raise the military service age to 21, so that our young people would not be getting killed in wars of aggression. Some young people may be inclined to have drinking problems, but who cares? Darwinian evolution will take care of it in the long run.
One might argue, what about those who get hit by drunk drivers? The repeal of the drinking age should best be coupled by privatization of the transportation system. No doubt, private police would be much more efficient at catching drunk drivers.( more...)
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When we say that one has the right to do certain things we mean this and only this, that it would be immoral for another, alone or in combination, to stop him from doing this by the use of physical force or the threat thereof. We do not mean that any use a man makes of his property within the limits set forth is necessarily a moral use. — James A. Sadowsky (1974), "Private Property and Collective Ownership", The Libertarian Alternative, Nelson-Hall Co.
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