Corporate Pressure To Legalize Alcohol for 18+

theBruiser500 · #1 10-30-2005, 02:45 AM

Why isn't there massive pressure to legalize alcohol from beer, wine, and the multitude of other alcohol companies, and restaurants? Or rather, I think there has to be a lot of pressure from those huge industries, it is surprising then that the age limit is not 18+. Also considering it's well accepted a drink a day is very healthy for you, maybe it's about time this law be changed.

Autocratic · #2 10-30-2005, 03:00 AM

A company coming out and endorsing lowering the drinking age would be suicide. The pressure works exactly the opposite way: if you noticed, most alcoholic beverage producers include anti-drunk driving/underage drinking sentiments all over their advertising.

theweatherman · #3 10-30-2005, 04:23 AM

puritanical america is a crazy place. Logic and common sense is tossed out the window for sake of christian ideology.

theBruiser500 · #4 10-30-2005, 04:37 AM

idealogy means nothing in the face of captalism and market forces.

theweatherman · #5 10-30-2005, 04:39 AM

thats a ridiculous statement. If it is true, why are alldrugs not legalized?? surely the market forces of being able to sell a new product would make them legal. Oh wait, the free market is total bs, I almost forgot.

tomdemaine · #6 10-30-2005, 09:40 AM

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idealogy means nothing in the face of captalism and market forces.

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Then why, with all their lobbying power and politicians in their pockets can we not buy Malborough Greens yet?

BadBoyBenny · #7 10-30-2005, 03:45 PM

Marlboro greens would not be as addictive as Marlboro Reds, so the profit motive isn't as great as it is with Tobacco.

Also, the paper companies, the drug companies, and the anti drug crazies combined are a much more powerful and rich lobby than the Tobacco companies.

At a certain point a poliican has to think that the benefits of Tobacco company campiagn money is not more helpful in getting reelected than the money of the industries I just named combined with the way in which such a bill could get spun by the opposition.

tomdemaine · #8 10-30-2005, 09:13 PM

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Marlboro greens would not be as addictive as Marlboro Reds, so the profit motive isn't as great as it is with Tobacco.

Also, the paper companies, the drug companies, and the anti drug crazies combined are a much more powerful and rich lobby than the Tobacco companies.

At a certain point a poliican has to think that the benefits of Tobacco company campiagn money is not more helpful in getting reelected than the money of the industries I just named combined with the way in which such a bill could get spun by the opposition.

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They'd get money from the all-night mini-mart and pizza lobbies too [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

nothumb · #9 10-30-2005, 09:27 PM

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idealogy means nothing in the face of captalism and market forces.

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Ideology is one of the most powerful market forces in the world. Try selling booze to a Muslim sometime, let me know how it goes.

NT

JackWhite · #10 10-30-2005, 03:30 PM

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puritanical america is a crazy place. Logic and common sense is tossed out the window for sake of christian ideology.

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The raising of the drinking age to 21 was not as a result of puritanical Christians. MADD and other groups played a significant role in this. As far as I know, MADD is not a puritanical Christian organization.