they cant really make life decisions

For all legal intents and purposes they were. The only thing holding them back were physical limitations.

Are 20 year old midgets not real men?

Youre not a man if you arent allowed to purchase alcohol because that would be bad for you

You can if you hop over to Mexico or Canada.

@scaevola having a limit to the age at which you can buy alchohol isn't arbitrary.

The market will determine the minimum wage. More jobs = less workers meaning places will have to pay more to get the good employees

The age you get your rights is.

Just because alchohol would damage your development doesn't mean you can't be held to a high standard of responsibility

the right to buy and do what you want

Booze and cigs aren't rights - if I had my way, the age for those would be 25

Alchohol isn't a human right.

they did need an ammendment when they wanted adults to be prohibited from buying it

Prohibition was terrible, and resulted in the NFA

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you have a right, as an adult to spend the money you earn on everything you want if it doesnt hurt others directly

Thats not true.

I can't hire an illegal immigrant to mow my lawn

alcohol is not a right, but it falls under liberty and the pursuit of property

same as any product

Goods and Services are not a human right

The question there, then, is whether you have a right to self harm?

no one is saying that tho @FrostyCrits

they are not saying they are entitled to it

that would mean they dont have to pay for it

Either way, there is a logical reason why people under the age of 25 shouldn't be drinking alchohol.

There isn't any reason we shouldn't be expecting more of young men and women

there is a logical reason why noone should drink alcohol

or eat pizza

or anything else fun

Telling people they can't do something just makes them want to do it more

also true

There is specific developmental harm to drinking alchohol before your mind has finished maturing

is it governments role to be a nanny tho?

It's not a general "it's bad for you"

No, but society makes certain rules to protect each other

If it comes down to a question between personal freedom and having a nanny state, I will choose personal freedom every time

thats too broad @DJ_Anuz

agreed spanners

But it's not black and white

So why do you have the right to destroy your body after that? Who are you to determine which amount of self harm is accaptable and which one isnt?