surely you jest? They're SPECIAL! Laws they make don't apply to them.
Posted on 02/19/2007 2:43:06 PM PST by SandRat
Ah... another plan to increase the number of insured drivers.
How do you mean?
I assume you meant uninsured.
The Nanny State.
While driving home from the dentist today I heard an ad on our local classical music station from a "public interest" group that wants the Vermont legislature to outlaw idling your car. This is to protect the environment and ensure that children breathe purer air.
The ad solicted contributions for their lobbying efforts. I'll bet they get some, too.
How did I ever survive....?
A drinking age of 21 is ridiculous. It just places booze on a pedestal and makes our kids go nuts come high school and college. In Europe where they have more sensible drinking ages and attitudes towards drinking you don't see anywhere near as many kids going off the deep end. It just isn't that big a deal when you've been having a glass of wine at dinner since age 10 and can go to the pub to grab a beer and watch a football match from 16.
(Scratching my head).
Aren't all minors younger then 18?
Illegals will not be affected...
They seem to want to cover to age 21.
Driving since I was 14. Good thing the nanny state wasn't around as much back then...I'd of had a bumpersticker out of the front of my grill, one that looked like today's dhimmicrat.
Very true indeed. And these kids won't stop driving anyway, just uninsured and driving revoked. Taking a license only works on 25% of offenders. (I've seen that stat somewhere before)
And in Europe: Prostitution is legal (they keep their whores in glass windowed booths for public display), Sex between a 16 year old girl and a 26 year old man is OK, you can buy Marijuana at Drive up windows and smoke hash in designated 'coffee houses'.
Just because they do it in Europe, does not make it right.
uh,... yeah!
Lower the drinking age, and most of these "underage" offenses will decline.
I think we need four terms (legally speaking) in regards to the ages of the young:
Children -- those younger than 14
Minors -- 14 to 17
Youths -- 18 to 20
Adults -- 21 +
Does this mean that from now on legislators will lose their seat if caught drinking and driving?
surely you jest? They're SPECIAL! Laws they make don't apply to them.
"Just because they do it in Europe, does not make it right."
Of course and thats an absolute strawman argument. They don't have everything right and we in the US are better when it comes to most policies. Drinking is an exception. They have a much more sensible policy regarding drinking.
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