Originally Posted by Smitty10
He's an adult you say. Why the underage drinking charge? Oh that's right, because 20 years old is not considered mature enough to handle drinking alcohol. I wonder why that is? Oh, maybe because they aren't mature enough to determine when to stop. And why is that a problem? Because too much alcohol will temporarily change the way the brain functions and unpredictable and unsociable and maybe violent behavior will take place.
He did one thing wrong that parlayed itself into many things wrong. He drank underage and subsequently drank too much. Not really uncommon and certainly not unforgivable. The fact the law considers him not mature enough to handle drinking alcohol actually means the "adult" argument has no merit in this situation.
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Actually it has more to do with when an Englishman could become a knight. And 18 year olds driving across state lines to get booze.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/19437...rinking-age-21
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/15/health...age/index.html
Unless, of course, the brains of Europeans and Asians develop at different rates than Americans.