[UA] Explain American laws to me

[Steve Dustin]

>At 03:29 PM 09/01/2000 GMT, you wrote:
>
> >I think its weirder that you can die for your country but it won't allow 
>you
> >to drink.  Of course, underage drinking in the service isn't strictly
> >punished, I might add.
> >
> >From what I understand, states that didn't raise their drinking age to 21
> >where withheld federal highway money, and therefore were forced to do so.
> >Similar to how the federal government is trying to force medical 
>marijuana
> >off the tracks.  Damn bastards.
>
>I believe that military personnel under the age of 21 are allowed to drink
>on military bases.

Nope.  Unless it's a new law that has come into effect since 1994.  I was 
in, I was underage, and I wasn't suppose to drink.  That doesn't mean I 
didn't, that doesn't mean I never got caught, and that doesn't mean that I 
ever got in trouble.  I could think of only one guy who got busted with a 
fake ID, and that's because he was an ass.

Steve
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