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30 Dec 2003, 22:46
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Cute and cuddly
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drinking laws
hi guys you're all alcoholics so i would like to know if it is legal for somebody over 18 to buy drinks for people in a pub who are 16/17?
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30 Dec 2003, 22:47
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Re: drinking laws
no, it is not legal.
edit: unless of course they could buy it legally themselves etc... (a beer with a meal for example).
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30 Dec 2003, 22:48
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: drinking laws
Yes, it is, assuming they're not drinking it in the bar, and are in some kind of Beer Garden or somesuch.
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30 Dec 2003, 22:54
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Cute and cuddly
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Re: drinking laws
oh i see somebody saw QI
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30 Dec 2003, 23:00
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: drinking laws
Not legal in my state.
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30 Dec 2003, 23:04
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: drinking laws
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloomers III
oh i see somebody saw QI
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30 Dec 2003, 23:07
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Lord Denning
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Not legal in my state.
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That's probably because the US has absurd alcohol laws.
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30 Dec 2003, 23:33
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Proteus
That's probably because the US has absurd alcohol laws.
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I blame Clinton, MADD, and the Federal Interstate fund.
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30 Dec 2003, 23:35
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Clerk
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Re: drinking laws
You can be bought alcohol from the age of five. I think before then it's basically child abuse.
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30 Dec 2003, 23:36
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Heh
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Intrepid00
I blame Clinton, MADD, and the Federal Interstate fund.
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Personally I blame Prohibition
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30 Dec 2003, 23:45
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Re: drinking laws
In England, you are entitled to purchase alcohol (if the purchasee is 16 or 17) providing they are with someone who is over 18 years of age and do not consume too much - so moderate use, and accompanying a meal
I think that's the law anyway
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31 Dec 2003, 00:13
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Quazi Starbucks
Personally I blame Prohibition
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That was repealed.
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Originally Posted by Proteus
That's probably because the US has absurd alcohol laws.
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Drinking age laws are all pretty arbitrary.* Once you realize that, they're all absurd.
*My state lowered the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 the year I turned 18. Some years later they raised it back up to 21 again. I like to think they did it just for me.
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31 Dec 2003, 00:19
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: drinking laws
If you look at it that way, all laws are pretty arbitrary.
Which they are.
By definition.
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31 Dec 2003, 00:40
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Teh Portal Coder
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Re: drinking laws
Alcohol can be given to anyone over the age of 4 in the home.
Anyone over 14 in a restaurant, as long as it's accompanied by a meal. And I -think- no more than a single pint of beer or glass of wine. Not sure about the last.
Anyone over 18 can buy it in most places, although the establishment may refuse to serve people under a higher age limit. Not lower, obviously.
It is also illegal to give MrL_Jakiri alcohol.
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31 Dec 2003, 01:20
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Noctu
Alcohol can be given to anyone over the age of 4 in the home.
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5. And it's strictly speaking 'a private place', not 'in the home'.
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Guinness good.
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31 Dec 2003, 01:36
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Teh Portal Coder
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Re: drinking laws
Nyeh, my drunken fingers mashed the wrong key.
And, well... Yeah, ok.
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31 Dec 2003, 01:44
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Re: drinking laws
It's my birthday.
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31 Dec 2003, 02:03
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Re: drinking laws
I recall it being legal to drink in your home if your over 7 or something stupid like that.
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31 Dec 2003, 02:15
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Weeks
I recall it being legal to drink in your home if your over 7 or something stupid like that.
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
5. And it's strictly speaking 'a private place', not 'in the home'.
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Read the sodding thread dude. It's not even 20 posts long.
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31 Dec 2003, 02:29
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
If you look at it that way, all laws are pretty arbitrary.
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I wouldn't consider laws against murder or theft to be anywhere near as arbitrary as laws setting legal drinking ages or highway speed limits.
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31 Dec 2003, 03:40
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Oh Canada!
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by Bloomers III
hi guys you're all alcoholics so i would like to know if it is legal for somebody over 18 to buy drinks for people in a pub who are 16/17?
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illegal in Canada...but, afaik...you can legally drink underage on your property.
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31 Dec 2003, 04:17
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Re: drinking laws
heh, size isnt everything.
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31 Dec 2003, 04:36
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Re: drinking laws
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31 Dec 2003, 05:14
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Re: drinking laws
get a fake I.D. then
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31 Dec 2003, 06:26
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Re: drinking laws
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
If you look at it that way, all laws are pretty arbitrary.
Which they are.
By definition.
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There is a branch of law that believes that the laws are already there, dictated by society and such, and laws are just a positivation of the social fact.
In that sence laws are not arbitrary, but the natural limits that arise from human interaction.
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31 Dec 2003, 12:16
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Clerk
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Re: drinking laws
It really depends what you mean by arbitrary.
All laws have a reason behind them, and even the minutest detail generally has some kind of justification behind it (just a not very good one, often).
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31 Dec 2003, 12:24
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Clerk
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Re: drinking laws
It could be argued though that this wouldn't necessarily invalidate the idea that there is some kind of Hegelian unfolding of humanity (or something) which leads to more ideal social arrangements over time (via struggle or dialectic, blah, blah).
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