What do you think the "drinking age" should be?

[peasea]

I don't think the age really matters.

Bottom line is that the Kiwi's love to get shit faced all the time lol

-Indy

And not always with alcohol!

[Mully]

It's not about the age - it's about the attitude people have towards alcohol.

I don't understand the reasoning behind drinking simply to get hammered. It's pointless IMO.
Or the hilarity when a kid drinks enough to throw up. These people are doing themselves permanant damage.

For the record, I think it should be back where it was. That being said, messing with the rules around it is simply pandering to the human desire to find a simple solution to a complex problem.

[Dean]

ahh fair enough then..didnt mean to offend XD but yeah. i agree with Indy there about kiwis shitfacing themselves

Good on ya for apologising.

So do you like to get shitfaced? I'm not talking 2 girls 1 cup here...........

I have met people that have abstained from drinking alcohol for their whole life!

[Indiana_Jones]

Good on ya for apologising.

So do you like to get shitfaced? I'm not talking 2 girls 1 cup here...........

I have met people that have abstained from drinking alcohol for their whole life!

I'd be lying if I said i've never been drunk lol, but for some people that's the only way to drink, there's no goal but to get wasted.

It's just a crazy idea to have a few drinks and enjoy the taste!

I very much like my booze, but I don't drink to get hammered.

-Indy

[Mully]

So do you like to get shitfaced?

Ok Dean,

Explain this for me. How can you enjoy it. What part is enjoyable enough to make up for the bad bits?

(Honestly, I want to know why people like to get shitfaced)

[Flatcap]

I very much like my booze, but I don't drink to get hammered.

-Indy

I'm the same - I only drink to stop the voices

[mynameis]

It's not about the age - it's about the attitude people have towards alcohol.

I don't understand the reasoning behind drinking simply to get hammered. It's pointless IMO.
Or the hilarity when a kid drinks enough to throw up. These people are doing themselves permanant damage.

For the record, I think it should be back where it was. That being said, messing with the rules around it is simply pandering to the human desire to find a simple solution to a complex problem.

Correction, it's alcha shma hol.

Eeh the Germans start at 13 14 aye? They don't seem to have this binge culture, going absolutely mental over booz and drinking till their ugly faces are plastered against a public toilet.

Attitude towards it needs to change not the age.

[Indiana_Jones]

I'm the same - I only drink to stop the voices

"I am the Angel of Death. The Time of Purification is at hand."

-Indy

[Rayray401]

Good on ya for apologising.

So do you like to get shitfaced? I'm not talking 2 girls 1 cup here...........

I have met people that have abstained from drinking alcohol for their whole life!

hmm..im not kiwi..so doesnt apply to me but no..i dont like getting shitfaced..not against drinking either..so i think is rather an attitude problem rather than an age thing..

[Dean]

Ok Dean,

Explain this for me. How can you enjoy it. What part is enjoyable enough to make up for the bad bits?

(Honestly, I want to know why people like to get shitfaced)

Nope. I dont like to get drunk because i can wake up with Arabian goggles, vivid. Or things like vomiting, not good. When you set out with friends and have a few drinks, it can get out of hand, not intentionally trying to get intoxicated. You cant say you haven't once gotten drunk?

[Dean]

hmm..im not kiwi..so doesnt apply to me but no..i dont like getting shitfaced..not against drinking either..so i think is rather an attitude problem rather than an age thing..

Your not kiwi? drinking moderately within ones limits should be encouraged, because it can be a relaxant or a nice beverage to go along with a social event/occasion.

[Mully]

Nope. I dont like to get drunk because i can wake up with Arabian goggles, vivid. Or things like vomiting, not good. When you set out with friends and have a few drinks, it can get out of hand, not intentionally trying to get intoxicated. You cant say you haven't once gotten drunk?

Mmm, I have indeed. Your previous post indicated that you like it. Usually, if you ask someone why they like it, you get an answer like "Oh, it's awesome getting smashed everynight" or some such.

I can enjoy a beverage with good company, but I don't need to drink to enjoy myself.

[Spyke]

If your old enough to be an adult your old enough to buy everything thats for sale at a shop!

have all the alcohol outlets run by the govt. so we don't have so many places surrounding us selling alcohol. In Canada its run by the govt and theres only 2 places in small cities to buy alcohol and the odd hotel.

[Dean]

Mmm, I have indeed. Your previous post indicated that you like it. Usually, if you ask someone why they like it, you get an answer like "Oh, it's awesome getting smashed everynight" or some such.

I can enjoy a beverage with good company, but I don't need to drink to enjoy myself.

Im not going to lie, people who i hang out with do drink heavily (the party life) possibly their lifestyle could be rubbing of on me. I do have a thirst for a good beverage, but bad company gets me shitfaced sometimes.

[Mom]

I dont think the age you can legally buy booze has anything to do with it. I recall drinking in pubs at least 4 years shy of the legal limit that existed when I were a lass. The only time I got booted out was because I was in a group and one of our sillier friends got a bit stupid and called attention to us. In fact, most of my pub days were long before I was legally allowed to drink. I got married the first time at 18, prior to that, living in Auckland and living in a nurses home, well, the city clubs were only a stroll away eh?

Cops used to regularly filter through bars asking for ID, never got asked.

I have 2 out of 3 kids older than the legal limit now, my baby about to join the ranks of the youth that can buy booze legally.

I have a good relationship with my kids. I drink. My kids have grown up around me drinking. My kids have had drinks with me. I am sure they have tyed a few on and got very messy (of course I never did ) but hopefully what they have seen is adults having a few drinks, maybe getting a bit silly but reamining in some semblence of control.

The booze culture is more about ignorance and wanting to be cool, than it is about the age you can legally buy alcohol.