Same Old Song and Dance

Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? Europeans do it, why can't we?

These arguments are heard throughout the country all the time by people my age; the controversy of what the drinking age should be. Is 21 too old to wait? Some people might think it's unfair to ask for alcoholic abstinence for two decades of life. Kids my age argue all the time that "if Europeans can do it, we can too. What's wrong with letting us drink wine with our meals? If we can send someone off to war at 18, why can't we drink." Right? We can be just like the Europeans... Or can we? Can us Americans, with our overly moralistic view of society, introduce wine at the dinner table to our children?

Eric Asimov, a New York Times writer, sure thinks this is possible. He writes that if parents introduce wine to children as something to be passionate about, and not just merely alcohol, we will see that drinking becomes part of life and culture. He states that kids will drink because it is part of a meal and of celebration, not to get inebriated in college.

Due to my bias on the issue, I won't comment anything, but I just wanted to share with everyone this very interesting, yet controversial, article that was published only five days ago in the New York Times.

The link is here, and it is titled "Can Sips at Home Prevent Binges?" Enjoy, and tell me what you think!
Cheers!

-Tatum