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Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.

I think you should beat the shit out of some 18 year old drunks before they ruin a good thing for you. :)

Edit: This thread is MINE!!! You must be 21 or older to post here. *nod*

Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.

Legal age for what? Driving, drinking, smoking?

Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.

My opinion, although off-topic, is that it's ridiculous that (in Ontario) you can get a driver's license at about 16, but can't vote until 18... for two years you're trusted with the lives of other people on the road, but can't have a say in the governance of your country... (sigh)

Renting a carpet-vac, I think.

I think that parents can be trusted not to let their offspring rent a carpet-vac until they feel their children are ready for it.

Edit: Yes. I have completed my time machine, and have travelled back in time to quote you before you posted.

Legal age for what? Driving, drinking, smoking?

Renting a carpet-vac, I think.

At 18 you can serve in the armed forces, vote, drive and be legally responsible for anything and everything you do. I always ask why drinking is any different.

Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.

It's fine in BC to have the drinking age at 19...everyone smokes pot to make up for it. But here? Come on now. We've got every reason to drink ourselves to oblivion, and the money to do it, SO DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT RAISING THE DRINKING AGE YOU BASTARDS!

Then again, I'm safely over the suggested age, so screw you young'uns.

It's fine in BC to have the drinking age at 19...everyone smokes pot to make up for it.
Also, allot of places don't ID people, and police only confiscate alcohol from minors when they need to have a party after work (they'll usually ask you to stop drinking until you are out of their sight).
But here? Come on now. We've got every reason to drink ourselves to oblivion, and the money to do it, SO DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT RAISING THE DRINKING AGE YOU BASTARDS!
The fact that Alberta has money was one of the reasons for raising it (you guys do know that the people in the other provinces have money too, and build their own houses[except Newfoundland]).

At 18 you can serve in the armed forces, vote, drive and be legally responsible for anything and everything you do. I always ask why drinking is any different.

Because, drinking hurts people. :(

Because, drinking hurts people. :(

I call BS on this one. Or Strawman. Either way, it's not valid/correct.

You mean they aren't already? :confused:

When you're the richest province, you can afford the be a little lame. :D

I don't care if they keep the drinking age at 18. what's the worst that's gonna happen? Some highschool grad is gonna wrap their pickup truck around a cow? XDDD

Awww~ I kid, Alberta is a nice province. X3

Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.
Ontario has already beat you to the lamest province... legal drinking age here is already 19.

Do politicians have flip cards of issues that they randomly pick out now and again just to make some news?

I mean, what hell of a difference does it make to change it from 18 to 19?

It seems to me that they're just bored, haven't had anything to say for a while so they just go for a hot-button issue as is their wont.

"Abortion....no....taxes...did that last month....secession....too French....oooh, legal drinking age" *calls media*

I call BS on this one. Or Strawman. Either way, it's not valid/correct.

Your wanton drinking costs the lives of precious plants. Lives that can never be restored...:(

I call BS on this one. Or Strawman. Either way, it's not valid/correct.

Hah. :p

Frankly the only thing that makes Alberta look good is Quebec.

Ontario has already beat you to the lamest province... legal drinking age here is already 19.
Same as BC, but they, unlike Alberta, have some redeeming qualities.

Same as BC, but they, unlike Alberta, have some redeeming qualities.
Alberta has... umm.... the west edmonton mall?

At 18 you can serve in the armed forces, vote, drive and be legally responsible for anything and everything you do. I always ask why drinking is any different.

Americans have been asking that for years.

Well, some of us. The rest of us have big brothers to buy us booze.

EDIT: Hey, an alliteration!

Alberta has... umm.... the west edmonton mall?
That's the best you could come up with?

Alberta has... umm.... the west edmonton mall?

He said redeeming.

When you're the richest province, you can afford the be a little lame. :D

I don't care if they keep the drinking age at 18. what's the worst that's gonna happen? Some highschool grad is gonna wrap their pickup truck around a cow? XDDD

Awww~ I kid, Alberta is a nice province. X3
No... No, it's not.
That's the best you could come up with?
You're surprised? Really?
I'm just over the new limit would be, and frankly couldn't give a damn. Weed is better than alcohol, I rarely drink, and I'm outta this hell hole first chance I get. So... *shrugs*.

No... No, it's not.

You're surprised? Really?
I'm just over the new limit would be, and frankly couldn't give a damn. Weed is better than alcohol, I rarely drink, and I'm outta this hell hole first chance I get. So... *shrugs*.
But weed is no good when all the companies in town that pay a wage you can live on drug test as often as the law allows.

"Wants"?

*dies laughing*

That's the best you could come up with?
I've never been to Alberta.

Oh, there are the badlands with all the dinosaur bones and all!

"Wants"?

*dies laughing*

It took me a couple reads to get.

All I have to say is...the original inhabitants are a great bunch of people. These immigrants though? Bottom of the barrel :D

It took me a couple reads to get.

All I have to say is...the original inhabitants are a great bunch of people. These immigrants though? Bottom of the barrel :D
I take offense to that being an immigrant to the province in both the sense that you mean and the sense that everyone else on this forum is going to take it as.

Hey, if all else fails can't you just go to Quebec? Or doesn't Manitoba have the drinking age at 18 too?

It took me a couple reads to get.

All I have to say is...the original inhabitants are a great bunch of people. These immigrants though? Bottom of the barrel :D

You can take it as a given that my comment was rather somewhat exclusive in scope, Neese. Good luck with your damn immigrant problem, by the way... :eek:

Hey, if all else fails can't you just go to Quebec? Or doesn't Manitoba have the drinking age at 18 too?
I'd rather go back to BC. Quebec is out of the question as I took French in BC and only learned how to belittle Quebec and bitch about how we should be learning something useful like Mandarin, and just no to Manitoba.

Personally i don't agree with agism, but obviously the age restrictions are an attempt to create cultural divisions. Afterall who is going to pay for the alcohol, what is the social fall out? LSD is usually way cheaper than a mickey what exactly are you trying to do. With 500000 tons of dope, why do people need to drink? My gosh growing is way easier then fermenting.

Anyway I don't drink but if I did and was a teen I'd definately need to find a friend with an older brother or sister I could give sexual favours or pay a premium, atleast that way I could always find an easier gateway to cocaine with my morally decrepit saviour suplier.

Or, y'know you could always check out the photos of my garden (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12794135&postcount=96) if thoughts of how big of a bum-outski it is to live in such a bum-numbing bummer of a province are bumming you out.
I've always wondered which province you are from.

Or, y'know you could always check out the photos of my garden (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12794135&postcount=96) if thoughts of how big of a bum-outski it is to live in such a bum-numbing bummer of a province are bumming you out.

Or, y'know you could always check out the photos of my garden (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12794135&postcount=96) if thoughts of how big of a bum-outski it is to live in such a bum-numbing bummer of a province are bumming you out.

Hey thanks! I would have missed this otherwise! Oh...wow...that's just gorgeous!

Yes! We should raise the drinking age to 35! Then perhaps all you fuckers will get off my land...

I've always wondered which province you are from.

Ha-haa! Evidently you've missed those posts. Moving right along...

But weed is no good when all the companies in town that pay a wage you can live on drug test as often as the law allows.

This is true.... :(

I think you should beat the shit out of some 18 year old drunks before they ruin a good thing for you. :)

Edit: This thread is MINE!!! You must be 21 or older to post here. *nod*

lol..i think canada should get it's ass beat.


wtf do they do other then whine?

and they got the fucking french there...jeez....well the french canadiens that come to my beach and wear speedo's..gross.


just kidding folks.

Hey thanks! I would have missed this otherwise! Oh...wow...that's just gorgeous!

Yes! We should raise the drinking age to 35! Then perhaps all you fuckers will get off my land...

Or, go the other way and lower the drinking age to eight or nine and then throw 'em a double whammy by encouraging drunken snowmobile racing on thinning ice.

lol..i think canada should get it's ass beat.


wtf do they do other then whine?

and they got the fucking french there...jeez....well the french canadiens that come to my beach and wear speedo's..gross.


just kidding folks.

I think you should go to bed.

Or, go the other way and lower the drinking age to eight or nine and then throw 'em a double whammy by encouraging drunken snowmobile racing on thinning ice.

i;ll show up for that..lol

I've been to Calgary -- there's no "wants to be" about it. It is.

I've been to Calgary -- there's no "wants to be" about it. It is.

QFT... Edmonton is better, though. Still doesn't hold a candle to... say... Amsterdam.

See, that's what happens when the federal government is too busy arguing with itself; the provinces then have too much free time and begin to pass asinine shit like this.

Some dude from the legislator brought up the idea of raising the legal age in Alberta to 19 (from 18). I was all like, "Wow, what a douche," when I first heard this on the radio. Then people started calling in supporting the idea and suggesting that they raise it all the way to 21. Now I was like "Shit I hope this takes a few months, I don't want to have to get a fake ID."

So what is your opinion.
My opinion is in the USA we should get a fuckin clue and lower ours to a more reasonable 18

At 18 you can serve in the armed forces, vote, drive and be legally responsible for anything and everything you do. I always ask why drinking is any different.

Alcohol is t3h ebil.

You mean they aren't already? :confused:

No Saskatchewan seems much lamer....

OK, I read the cover page of the newspaper today (instead of just looking at the Sunshine Girl of the day), and they (politicians) have decided if it is to be raised, it should be raised to 21. Thank the FSM I'll be outta this hell hole before this legislation will come into effect.

OK, I read the cover page of the newspaper today (instead of just looking at the Sunshine Girl of the day), and they (politicians) have decided if it is to be raised, it should be raised to 21. Thank the FSM I'll be outta this hell hole before this legislation will come into effect.
Wait... You read the sun? That rabid piece of reactionary trash? No!!

Wait... You read the sun? That rabid piece of reactionary trash? No!!
Like I said, I flip immediately to the Sunshine Girl. It's the closest thing to porn at work.

Wait... You read the sun? That rabid piece of reactionary trash? No!!

I used to read the Sun - at the time, it was the only newspaper sold in tabloid format, which made it easier to read on the subway into work. But it always pissed me off, the hard-ass right-wing editorial slant. After the free commuter dailies started springing up, I ditched those rat bastards. And their Toronto headquarters is just three blocks up from where I live.

I used to read the Sun - at the time, it was the only newspaper sold in tabloid format, which made it easier to read on the subway into work. But it always pissed me off, the hard-ass right-wing editorial slant. After the free commuter dailies started springing up, I ditched those rat bastards. And their Toronto headquarters is just three blocks up from where I live.
So the truth comes out.

So the truth comes out.

Oh, phooey.

Ontario has already beat you to the lamest province... legal drinking age here is already 19.


That was set up specifically to keep alcohol out of high school graduation ceremonies. Of course, in Ottawa all it did was move all high school graduation ceremonies accross the river to Quebec. But I suppose it worked for Toronto....

I've been to Calgary -- there's no "wants to be" about it. It is.

I know... Please, please get me out of here.:(

They say they want to raise the drinking age to combat bar violence. Increase police presence and stop wasting officers who give out tickets to homelss men spitting in garbage cans. Don't punish teenagers because people of all ages are irresponsible. Besides there isn't that much maturing in that one year anyway. It won't help.

I know... Please, please get me out of here.:(

They say they want to raise the drinking age to combat bar violence. Increase police presence and stop wasting officers who give out tickets to homelss men spitting in garbage cans. Don't punish teenagers because people of all ages are irresponsible. Besides there isn't that much maturing in that one year anyway. It won't help.

You missed the update it is three years now.

What, does cirrhosis not exist?

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Lamest of the lame, I assume.

*hides*

I call BS on this one. Or Strawman. Either way, it's not valid/correct.

What, does cirrhosis not exist?