THE DRINKING DILEMMA

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08/20/ 2008

Time after time, our solution to a problem is to change the rules so that the problem is no longer is defined as a problem. A case in point here is the letter from the presidents of a hundred colleges that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen so that the college students can get legally drunk. Thus no one can say that our society is failing in raising children properly, or that our children of age are behaving irresponsibly, that even the presumably the smart ones are just a bunch of sorry asses that can not and will not act within the boundaries of the laws. If we propose to lower the drinking age to eighteen so the college students can drink, then one, are we not encouraging the few who do not yet drink to go ahead and drink, and two, if we want to make this exception for the college kids, then why not make an exception for the poor kids of the block to sell drugs because some kids on the block sell drugs, may be even legalize prostitution because some people do prostitute. Have we not already legalized adultery, pre marital sex, extra marital affairs and gifts from the lobbyist?

Time after time when we fail as a society to cure the problems, the old failure status it self has become the new norm. Alcoholism, drug abuse even spouse abuse and child abuse and rape are now defined as illnesses, illegitimate child birth, poverty, greed, abuse of power have all become social norms. And all of this not just from psychological points of view, but even from a Christian point of view these are all forgivable sins. No need to fix the problem, now that the problem does not exist.