http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20283225/ It is possibly the liquor causing this choas? "Fahy’s comments were widely applauded on news programs and radio call-in shows on Wednesday, but the government did not immediately respond to his suggestion that the drinking age be raised from 18 to 21." I do believe they are right about getting more parent-youth activities because these youths seem bored but do not know any less violent ways to have fun. The parents speaking them can maybe help give them alternatives. I'm not sure if rasing the drinking age will help since people can get drinks illegally but it is a step into the right direction. These youths can still be helped and influenced because at one time they were not this way. there is a chance for anyone.
When my sister went to Spain, she told me that there, they get drunk just as much as us, but apparently it's only the English who get violent. Everyone else just has a good time :S So it's not necessarily the alcohol that's the problem
Agreed. Plus, I think in some states in the U.S. they are trying to LOWER the drinking age back to 18. Some people have this logic where it says: Legal 21 = Start at 15 Legal 18 = Start at 12 That logic doesn't make sense to me. How the hell would a 12 year old have access to alcohol to the point of having a habit? I think for the U.S. education is what's important. It would say things like "We don't care if you drink, just don't drive!!" Because that's THE reason why it's such a problem. But for the English, yes, they need to give these people something to do besides cause chaos. It's not the alcohol, it's boredom.
First of all, in Spain people don't drink to get drunk. They drink casually, having a beer just to enjoy the beer or wine to the food. It's very relaxed there. Where I live, the legal age for drinking is 18, but for buying it's 20. That means that you can drink at a club, pub or bar when you're 18, but you can't buy the liquor from stores until you're 20. As for the article, there was a tv series based on this problem, I'm pretty sure it was some british tv channel that had made it. Although the whole thing turned out that the politicians tried to take away people their voting rights and the youths got curfews, it was still a pretty good show and it made some valid points
I live in leeds and am 19 so i go out quite alot into the city centre and to be quite honest, i've seen alot of violence and been involved in some but then i think it could be alot worse than what it is. I found it to be worse when i was younger (16-17) and was still able to get into the nightclubs and found much more fighting to be going on in those days but now its much stricter to get into the clubs. The bouncers seem to ID people alot.
I don't think that the alcohol is the main problem. There was a significant increase in violence when the pubs etc were allowed to extend their drinking hours. People are not bought up these days to appreciated what alcohol can do. I have been drinking since I was about 10, when I would be allowed a tiny amount with my dinner and supervised by parent. These days I can't be bothered, I really don't see the need to go out on a 'bender' and drink to get drunk. I might have half a pint a week, usually less than this. I think that a combination of education and reducing the available drinking hours would make a good start on what is becoming a common occurrence.