Re:Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)
by mistrial9 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:18PM
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The driver's age IMO relates to a time when more people were rural, and someone in the household HAD to drive. It is useful to have a young driver.
Regarding alcohol, it seems to be a tragedy of the West, whatever the age of consent. The long-term effects of daily alcohol were under-rated, in an age were many adults did hard physical labor many days, and life expectancy was lower.
joke: in Scotland, they swore that the Irish were the worst drunks; in Germany they swore that the Russians were the worst drunks; in Denmark, they swore that the Norwegians were the worst drunks; and you know what, they were all terrible drunks.
Some people said that the Italians and the Portugese give children wine at a feast, mixed with juice. This seems tragic in modern light.
Regarding alcohol, it seems to be a tragedy of the West, whatever the age of consent. The long-term effects of daily alcohol were under-rated, in an age were many adults did hard physical labor many days, and life expectancy was lower.
joke: in Scotland, they swore that the Irish were the worst drunks; in Germany they swore that the Russians were the worst drunks; in Denmark, they swore that the Norwegians were the worst drunks; and you know what, they were all terrible drunks.
Some people said that the Italians and the Portugese give children wine at a feast, mixed with juice. This seems tragic in modern light.