Or is it Hear! Hear!
Hell, I don’t know and it doesn’t really matter. One of the most intelligent posts that I have ever read, and on something that I have thought about but have never been able to sufficiently articulate was posted by David Dimston from Austin, Texas. on the issue of the idea of changing the drinking age.
The unwillingness of many people to engage in a reasoned dialogue about the effectiveness of current drinking-age limits taps into a Puritan ethic that runs deep in our history from Prohibition to the war on drugs to abstinence-only sex education in our schools. It is the “absoluteness” of the proponents’ convictions and the ruthless persecution of anyone who doesn’t share their views that prevents not only a real conversation but new approaches or solutions to some of the problems facing our country.
David Dimston
Austin, Texas
Right on, David.
