Thursday, December 11, 2008
I wrote my introduction last night, and was also able to find more support of sustaining the law. Senator Lutenberg, the person who drafted and fought for the law to be raised in 1984 from 18 to 21, has dedicated a website to calling out and publicly condemning all college faculty members who are in support of the new drinking age. At first I found this to be kind of extreme, but after reading many of his web links included on his site I found numbers related to alcohol-related auto accidents. I was even more outraged at the number of deaths that were a result of underage binge drinking. Before tonight I had already established my position, but after looking at concrete numbers I am questioning whether or not the decision would be in benefits for the health and well being of teens and early adults as an entirety.
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I think it is important that you are reading others opinions and accepting them openly without reflecting your biases on them and disregarding them without a shot. I would just advice you to remember that although some poeple sound logical and sound like they are using factual information it is still not always a good source. Many terrible government regimens have used "logical" reasons to use violence. Be weary of what you are believing and changing your own opinions for but always stay open.
Bailey, I had know real idea that there even was thought about changing the drinking age at all. I am glad you are doing this topic because I am interested to hear your position on the subject for this paper along with all the information you have gathered. It sounds like you have already found a good amount of support info.
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