this
maaaaaaaaaaajor fines over here, plus you could get jail time

my cousin was 17 and he died at a party, they brought charges against the guy that bought the alcohol
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:23, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Over here, drinking is a huge, huge part of the student lifestyle
if none of you guys can drink until you're 21, what the fuck do you do for shits and giggles when you go to college?
(berk, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:25, Reply)

they do it anyway
but they were high school kids, not college kids

it'd be better to teach kids about moderation than to say NO OMG etc
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:31, Reply)

Many many times this
they tried that here, along with adjusting the opening hours of bars to make it more of a 'café culture' (ie, don't go out at 8pm and get hammered in 2 hours because the bars shut at 11pm) and it just hasn't worked. Not at all.
(berk, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:34, Reply)

I think all parents should get their kids so wasted that they're puking their guts out
so that they think "If I drink, I will die"
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:40, Reply)

Yeah, but I've gotten so wasted that I've puked my guts up and thought I'd die
I still drink, and I still get drunk. Just...more sensibly so than on that occasion.
(berk, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:41, Reply)

exactly
but when you're a KID
like 11 or so
it'd be the best for everyone I think
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 19:43, Reply)