Life, Liberty, and Drinking Beer

By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: August 21, 2008
nytimes.com


the first article I read was about the drinking age it was called "2 Withdraw From Petition to Rethink Drinking Age". it made me think since I'm not 21 I can't consume an alcoholic beverage. in the article there are 128 signatures from college presidents. but there where two who resigned because they felt that people were reading it the wrong way. I though that since your born you should be able to decide when you are able to drink. that applies to the first stand life and another one is happiness. I know a lot of people who aren't 21 who drink to be happy at parties and things like that. the two presidents who took there names off mentioned that they don't drink anymore. but when they were freshman in college they would drink all they wanted because they knew that it was wrong and the government was dumb for raising the drinking age.

this article really made sense to me since my brother used to be the same way, but since he turned 21 last October he barley touches alcohol anymore. if you were to ask him if he drank when he was 18 he would tell you that he most likely did. i agree with the article as well and they should lower the age to 18 because that's when teens start drinking. if you cut it to 18 it won't be as fun anymore making the majority of teens not want to drink.