The presidential election of 2000 was the first time that I, at almost nineteen years of age, was old enough to vote. When given the opportunity, the country was trusting me to make the decision based on how I felt about the candidate’s views. I was trusted to not make an uninformed decision, and my vote had the potential to change the country. My being here in Florida during this election year made this point even truer. I could have altered the way 300 million people were going to live the next four years of their life with my one vote. It did not even matter that I was not forced to learn anything about politics or which candidate stood for what. I could have picked Adolf Hitler because I liked his mustache. A decision this big is permissible for an 18-year-old boy to make; yet we do not trust that same 18-year-old boy to drink an alcoholic beverage with his family or peers.

or everyone. Having a drinking age of 18 would make a good deal more sense.

My older brother just turned 21. He has been on active duty in the United States Army for the past 4 years of his life. He spent over a year and a half overseas. For one full year, he lived in Korea right next to the demilitarized zone. He was trained in the use of guns, tank operations, and demolitions. Should the scenario have escalated, he would have been asked to lay down his life for his country. He was willing to do all of this for his country, yet the society he was willing to fight for was unwilling to allow him to drink a cold beer with his friends after a long day of work. Personally I find this illogical. Society is willing to let me die before they would let touch a drop of alcohol. Society expects me to be “responsible” enough to handle an a

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