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Old 05-31-2004, 02:31 AM   #7
Timber Loftis
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Join Date: July 11, 2002
Location: Chicago, IL
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Well, I don't like it. I really feel sorry for kids today. They can't drink, can't haze, can't drive drunk, can't have bottle rocket wars and BB gun wars... take away the drugs and the "footloose and fancy free" years are officially just more bland days in a lifetime of boredom. No wonder kids these days skip the goofing off and go right for the hard drugs -- if it's all disallowed, then why not?

Some things can only be learned by experience. If the kids aren't screwing up when they're 16 and 18, they'll do it when they're 21, when it can really hurt their careers.

Oh, and just so you know, the legal limit for someone under 21 in NH is 0.02. And a DUI for an underage is an automatic felony. Now, get this, guy my age gets drunk at a bar and gets caught driving home witha 1.0 BAC -- that's a serious misdemeanor, and I'd have to do a month's alcohol course to avoid a pretty bad conviction. On the other hand, a kid who had his first beer ever gets caught driving home with a .02 BAC (legal for the adult), is on the hook for a FELONY, a crime which will prevent him from going to most colleges, and will follow him forever (no gun ownership, can't vote, etc.).

[ 05-31-2004, 02:36 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]
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