TheNyquilKid

Enjoy the anticipation. Up until 21 your birthdays mean just that much closer to being able to go to a bar without a hastle. After that its just one year closer to death.

18= minor? wtf?

/drtfa

Drinking age should be moved to 18. Teaching responsible drinking should be part of basic parenting before kids head off to college. Lawmakers should be fined for wasting tax maker money debating and enacting stupid, reactionary laws (this one). Lawmakers should be tarred and feathered for debating and attempting to enact laws designed to distract the public from important issues, especially those that, if enacted, would undermine our constitutional rights (flag burning amendment). The Palestinians and Israelis should let bygones be bygones.

Giving alcohol to a minor is already illegal in Florida.

kimwim: I have let my son's have a glass of wine with us at any dinner we have with wine, since they were 16, they never wanted any.
how will they learn to drink responsibly otherwise? and i live in connecticut, and i will continue to offer my sons a glass of wine with dinner.


It's a hard concept for most people to grasp that once the illicit nature of an item is removed the allure of it also vanishes.

paving the way for lawmakers to make it illegal for any adult to serve alcohol to a minor - even to that adult's own child - on private property

Isn't that illegal already? As I understand it, the drinking age is 21, there's no private property exception. It wouldn't bother me if the drinking age were changed, but if it's 21, it's 21 all the time, not just in public.

tonesskin

My favorite part was from his profile: "Math aludes me, yet I like numbers".

I am confused, is he trying to say that Math eludes him or that the concept of math somehow alludes to his person?

Wow, talk about a MILF. Bet the daughter is hot, too.

So, in CT, I'm assuming I technically could get arrested for giving my teenaged kid a dose of NyQuil (10 to 25% ethanol, depending on the formulation)?

ZzeusS: Wow, talk about a MILF. Bet the daughter is hot, too.


Trophy wife... betcha her and the phrase cuckhold are very familiar.

Its all BS.

If I couldnt drink at 18, then I shouldnt have had to sign my Selective Service card.

Why cant their be 1 underage standard. Seems like no one can agree when someone becomes an adult. 18, 19, 21? They need to make up their damn mind.

IdBeCrazylf

Trophy wife... betcha her and the phrase cuckhold are very familiar.

Thats fine, I'm sure he and his secrataries vagina are on equally familiar terms.

2006-07-11 11:47:42 AM UrinalPooper

"Interestingly, these are the same people who turned christianity into the miserable joke that it is today.."

Yeah, sure chief, just keep right on telling yourself that.

And that whole "fascists dipwads" thing is soooo totally Heathers. Get over it.

lilplatinum: Thats fine, I'm sure he and his secrataries vagina are on equally familiar terms.

Point taken.

When will people learn they're only a kid for so long and stop creating the rules around children. Remember, people are adults much longer then they are children.

I don't see the issue to letting her own son drink, but I can see the issues of other kids who weren't 18 yet drinking at her house. what totally sucks is that her daughter got wrapped into this for the choices of the mother!

For those not paying attention:

"The high profile of the Bracones' case made them poster parents for a new law enacted in the recent legislative session that makes it illegal for any adult to serve alcohol to a minor - even to that adult's own child - on private property. The Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking supported the law.

"This goes to the heart of steps the state has taken not to tolerate any behavior that puts kids at risk," Turner said."

In other words:
1) I can't offer my 15 year old daughter a glass of wine with dinner.
2) I can't have a beer with my 19 year old son after putting the roof on the garage.
3) I can't offer either of them an expensive after dinner desert liqueour.

What a bunch of horsepucky. Nice way to hamstring the responsible parent.

MDGeist

Remember, people are adults much longer then they are children.



Unless they are stupid children.

-edit-
up until recently, the law stated that you could give a child in your guardianship a drink, I should have said.

kimwim

I have let my son's have a glass of wine with us at any dinner we have with wine, since they were 16, they never wanted any.
how will they learn to drink responsibly otherwise? and i live in connecticut, and i will continue to offer my sons a glass of wine with dinner.

You radical scofflaw. You're a fine dining terrorist! Flagrant I tell ya! What's next? Will you let your kids shower in the nude?!

/sarcasm

Um, Passover anyone? Separation of chirch and... oh forget it.

No Catholics in Conn?

MDGeist: Remember, people are adults much longer then they are children.

The two are not mutualy exclusive.

I hate the phrase "Lawmakers". So when do we have enough "Laws" that your jobs done and you can go home? How bout we repeal some laws!

Rincewind53

To all the people who are saying "You can fight for your country but you can't have a drink," consider the fact that soldiers under 21 are allowed to drink almost everywhere in the US. So, if you fight for your country, you can come home and have a drink.

Huh?

they are "allowed" to drink only in the fact that if they get arrested they flash thier Military Id's and request the police to get the MPs who then look the other way.

2006-07-11 11:58:48 AM lilplatinum

That's why I'm going to Aruba next chance I get! Stupid 18yr old children.

metatronlord: thanks for the ride on the lol'ler coaster.

if the parents were really that loaded, why didnt they just shuttle all the kids to a keg party in canada?

if i ever have kids, i'm 100% behind the 'go ahead and drink here in the basement, i'll buy ya some booze and knock back a few with you, just give me your car keys before we start' theory. kids are gonna drink, because... DRINKING IS FUN! so if theyre not gonna be out driving around, and i'm around to make sure they keep things in check and dont get alcohol poisoning and shiat, no one gets hurt, everyone has a good time. end of story.

the gubbamint shouldnt have the right to bother you in your own home, unless youre directly impeding on someone ELSE'S rights. If i wanna engage in a behavior, no matter how potentially self destructive, within the bounds of my home, i should be left the fark alone to do it.

Did anyone read the article? she was arrested for something else, potentially 30 years for it, and copped to the probation violation charge.

Outlander Engine
In other words:
1) I can't offer my 15 year old daughter a glass of wine with dinner.
2) I can't have a beer with my 19 year old son after putting the roof on the garage.
3) I can't offer either of them an expensive after dinner desert liqueour.

1) Why are you getting your 15 yo drunk? Perv.
2) BS. Everyone knows that teenage boys are too lazy to do roofing.
3) Try offering them a cheap one instead then?

/no point, just feeling silly

In the future there will be a new law every 15 minutes.

Yes, it is true that minors can drink with their parents consent in Texas. My parents and I have been following this law for many years (and pissing of asshat cops who don't know the law from their ass).

Rincewind53

To all the people who are saying "You can fight for your country but you can't have a drink," consider the fact that soldiers under 21 are allowed to drink almost everywhere in the US. So, if you fight for your country, you can come home and have a drink.

Do you want to come and explain that to all of the sailors lined up outside of the CO's office waiting for Captain's Mast for underage drinking?

I was denied a purchase of alcohol because my wife did not have ID.


She was sitting in the car while I went into the State Store (PA farker) to pick up some wine. This ancient worker, says he will not sell to me unless he sees her ID. Aparently he had watched us arrive together. I could not fathom the idiocy of this action. He stated that there was reason to suspect that the alcohol was for her.


Normally I love to draw things like that out until there are managers involved, but I was too stunned by his reaction to even bother. I told him I would go to the store down the street, puchase alcohol there, and make sure I gave her a glass.


/Almost as silly as the time I got arrested for being an underage designated driver.
//I learned my lesson. I vowed that next time I would let them drive home drunk.

People 18 to 20 are adults who are not allowed to drink. They are "underage", not "minors".

The law here is not against serving alcohol to underage adults, it is against serving to minors (people under 18).

The woman was not cited for serving to her 18 year old son (it was just his party), but unrelated minors in attendance.

It seems, however, that not even the author of the article understands the difference.

They already have that in Ohio...it's on the doors of beer coolers "Parents Who Host Lose the Most."

TheWizard
Almost as silly as the time I got arrested for being an underage designated driver.

Sounds like Texas city cops.
Cop: Have you been drinking, son?
Me: Nope.
Cop: Have your friends?
Me: I'm the designated driver.
Cop: Step out of the vehicle, put your hands behind your back.
Me: Uh, excuse me? What law did I bre.... >
Cop: Quit resisting arrest, right now 25,000 volts of electricity are passing through your body. Stay calm.

"[T]he National Underage Drinking Act of 1984 does not call for states to enact laws against underage drinking, but only against the purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages."

How are they going to drink if they can't possess alcoholic beverages?

/easily confused

A.) Since it was a party, I'd assume more than just her child was attending. Headline fails.

B.) Sucks to be her. She shouldn't have let the cop come through the red, padded entrance.

/You mean the door?
//AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

2006-07-11 12:03:02 PM Rincewind53

To all the people who are saying "You can fight for your country but you can't have a drink," consider the fact that soldiers under 21 are allowed to drink almost everywhere in the US. So, if you fight for your country, you can come home and have a drink.

This statement is false.

So, ummmmm....communion wine anyone?

2006-07-11 12:03:02 PM Rincewind53

To all the people who are saying "You can fight for your country but you can't have a drink," consider the fact that soldiers under 21 are allowed to drink almost everywhere in the US. So, if you fight for your country, you can come home and have a drink.

This statement is false.

Yes it is most certainly false.

pearls before swine
People 18 to 20 are adults who are not allowed to drink. They are "underage", not "minors".

I agree with what you said. It still seems ironic the state is saying they want to protect "minors" from the evils of drinking. But they are not about to protect "underage" men and women from death in war.

I've always wondered why they chose 21? It seems arbitrary. What is the difference between a 20 and 21 year old? Honestly, I don't know. I'll be 21 in 6 months.

/I want a beer.
//damnit.

deserves 'asinine' tag.

Drinking age should be 18, anyway. It was only raised to cut back on drunk driving accidents, so they made it DOUBLE ILLEGAL for 18-21 year olds to drive drunk. Didn't reduce accidents. Absurd law.

It's much like saying if we outlaw guns for black people, the result will be less gun crime. It's wrong. Too bad 18-21 year olds don't have the voice to stand up and do anything about it.

Budz
They have schools for that? Man I had to learn how to drink underage all by myself.

Thanks, I had to clean my monitor off after reading that one!

It was legal to give your child alcohol in CT, even at restaurants. But it's a good thing they changed that law, the gov't can definetly take care of your children better than you can, and children are better served when their parents have criminal records.