Enough is enough Congress, give me back my freedoms!

I would like you for posting the argument Johnicle and look forawd to a good debate. First off i would like to adress you're issues in general. You say that minors should be allowed to drink from a young age, have more freedom of gambling, be allowed get tatoos, leave school early and smoke marijuana. you feel this because you're in your rebbelious teenage years. i am in them too, but realise that not allowing the following is for the greater good of society. On to the issues on a one on one basis: Seat belt laws: You haven't given a clear stance on the issue, but I assume you're against it. A seatbelt is often the difing factor between a normal life and permenant brain damage. Guantanamo and privacy: I agree with you on these issues. Gambling: You say it's someone's 'pursuit of happiness'. But gambling can become a serious addiction and waste of money to the public. Let's also mention casino's. Alot of money circulating in a casino is gangster money. Fuelling gangland through a medium of 'happiness' is just wrong and idiotic. Tatoo's: Although this isn't a real congress adressed issue, tatooes are often seen as signs of freedom to a teenager. I say parents should govern this. School: people who drop out of school straight away often regret it. They can't go to college, and have to go to a low-end job in some store or take uo an apprenticeship in things like carpentry. yes, this may suit the person doing so, but they should be educated and have as many doors open to them as possible. As I mentioned before, teens are often rebellious and disagree alot of the times with what they're given. They are some times not in a right state of mind to make the right decisions in the long run. Drinking: This is a stereotype that Europe has extremely loose alchohol laws. I'm irish, and we have the 18 and older, like birtian, law of alchohol. In france, you must be 16 to purchase beer in a cafe, and all other alchohols require you to be 18 with ID. In Spain, the legal age is 18, bu the law is lax is tourist regions. In Belgium,the netherlands, Italy and Germany you have to be 16 to purchase alchohols with restrictions like below 15%. In Switzerland, liek you mentioned above, the age of drinking is 16 for beer,wine and cider, but achpops and beverages of that genre require the age of 18 or older. I have blown you're theories out of the water completely. Yes, having lower alchohol ages reduces the amount of youths in an unprotected field drinking, but how much would a nation be looked down upon if you could go into an off-lisence at the age of 14 (like you suggested) and get drunk of your face. Children would bring and drink alchohol to school and be drunk in class. In support of this, children drink energy drinks, which makes them hyper and introducing alcohol would put it in the place of an energy drink. You also say that introducing marijuana would give people more liberty and you'll egt more tax revenue. I will refer to my other example. introducing this would mean you're introducing it amongst teens aswell, so they can come into school stoned off their face. When hooked on a substance such a sMArijuana, a body isn't able to say only x amount a day. The addiction grows, and will pain somebodyy until they get more and more of the drug of back-alleys, which will flourish because they can stockpile marijuana legally and give the excess of it to people with serious addictions. You also comment on tax revenue, but I find it sickening you would disregard someones well being and safety to make some more money and give them more 'freedom' in the form choosing whether or not they want to blow they're money on an addiction that you gain on. It is not 'nannying' and 'parenting' people by keeping these laws. It is protecting people from the harms that they are vulnerable. Some people aren't educated and don't know when to say when.