Originally Posted by bigred
Wow. Alot of anger here over this embarrassing incident.
No doubt underage drinking and drunk and disorderly conduct amongst the most serious offences a student can make at the U of D. Certainly worthy of immediate expulsion.
Many of us here on the board never had a sip of alcohol whilst underage. Yes, for many of us, Ohio voters had endorsed a drinking age of 19 by a statewide ballot. But that was just before the feds had the wisdom to step in and protect us minors from the evils of alcohol and all of its vices.
We probably should just go ahead and retroactively expel many of those ghetto dwellers who dared to engage in drunk and disorderly conduct all those years ago. Being minors and as legally declared incompetents, unable to handle any type of alcohol per the law, does not mean that we should not have been treated as the responsible adult role models we should have been. Also, just because o the dumb **** we used to do was not on camera does not mean we should get away with it.
Now, though, we are all blessed with the wisdom needed to declare Mr. Miller unworthy of redemption.
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The number of people condoning under age drinking is ridiculous - no wonder Ohio has such a large problem with other drugs.
I see this over riding - kids will be kids attitude - well Sorry 18 and over is an adult - granted not old enough to drink - but old enough to kill for your country. And if you as an adult at 20 accept a scholarship you know the rules.
Those of you trying to condone underage drinking because it was something you did back in the 60's / 70's / 80's when the drinking age was lower and the world was different - loose sight of the changes in the world since then.
Substance abuse is that. It is not something that should be dismissed / condoned / coddled - And when it leads to events of last week - well then actions are needed.
