Academy alcohol use seen unabated

Bill0510
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:56:05 +0000

On the other hand, in varying degrees, many in America would prefer to impose a rule, develop a standard, or pass legislation to “fix” perceived problems and THEN stick their head in the sand as if the problem had been fixed.

We send 18-year olds to war [and 19-year old fire big guns] but we don’t let them drink.
We spend billions on drug interdiction without regard to whether or not simple marijuana possession should be a crime or not.
We withhold birth control devices and still have a teen pregnancy rate higher than most other countries.
We spend billions more on education than mos tother courntires and still lag behind others in science and math.

If you haven’t taught your child how to be be alcohol responsible by the time he enters the Academy, the Academy shouldn’t be charged with that task. They’ve set a rule down, it should be followed, but I don’t know what good the rule accomplishes.

The problem becomes, in a manner of speaking, that the college years for many IS the time to learn how to deal with alcohol. If you are not permitted to make mistakes now, while in college, then the consequences can be much more serious if you are in some foreign country having too much to drink for the first time.

Oh well . . . . life goes on.