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Originally Posted by Disk_Pusher
The BS reason is that it's terribly fun to be an adult but still sneaking about to get your buzz. Some of my most favorite memories are making the 2 mile hike through the snow from McConnell Hall to Tinsley Dorm (to pick up the guy who was 21) and finally to Safeway for booze and back again. It builds character, and there is nothing quite like that first sip sitting back in the comfort of your heated dorm room with some rum and coke and a cigar. Now that I'm 21, the struggle for alcohol has lost it's joy. It's too easy, and it's boring.
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You know, I never thought about that, but damn, that's a good point. It was so much fun sneaking around. In college, it was such a power trip to be plastered and going to the school dance, walking right past security, and getting away with it. Now, it was obvious that they knew everyone was blitzed outta their minds, but we still felt powerful and cunning.
However, if that hard-on of a power trip was eliminated by making it legal for college-aged kids to drink, then maybe we wouldn't have so many deaths.
My first year in school, I went from not having drank anything in my life to being able to pound down a fifth of whisky a night and hardly feel it. Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that - we were always safe and responsible - but if I was able to go and chill with my friends and openly have a rum & coke in my hand, it would be so much more safe and relaxing. That should be the point in liquor - to relax - not to get fucked up.