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<DIV>I too believe it is a stupid law. But - THE LAW IS THE LAW. What's good for the goose.............should be good for the gander. </DIV>
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<DIV>I strongly agree that if an 18 year old can die for his country and be classified as an adult including voting with the only adult provision being, he is not allowed to drink alcohol should be a class action suit for age discrimination against those 18-21. Across the nation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com">chasuk@gmail.com</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 09/12/05 17:28:10</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:CJs@turbonet.com">Shelly</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Cc:</B></I> <A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Stupid Drinking Laws Was: Where is Peter the Piper?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>> Mingles has allowed people under the age of 21 into their establishment. Mingles took their money for services rendered for which the under age should not have been inside of Mingles to start with. The law states: "that for minors to be present where alcohol is served that 40% of their total gross sales must be food." Mingles food sales don't even come close. Maybe 2 %? See the sign on their front door now? Pretty major alcohol law to be breaking wouldn't ya say?</DIV>
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<DIV>As this has now changed topics, I modified the subject heading. I</DIV>
<DIV>acknowledge that Mingles broke the law, as I have brought my own</DIV>
<DIV>(then) underage children into Mingles to enjoy one of their excellent</DIV>
<DIV>burgers, but I still don't care that they broke the law. Mingles</DIV>
<DIV>wasn't allowing under-21's onto their premises during the evening,</DIV>
<DIV>when most of the actual drinking occurs/occurred, but only during the</DIV>
<DIV>day, when the majority of the customers that I observed were eating</DIV>
<DIV>the aforementioned excellent burgers instead of consuming alcohol.</DIV>
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<DIV>My children spent most of their younger lives in England, where they</DIV>
<DIV>sat often on their father's knee in nefarious drinking establishments,</DIV>
<DIV>and were actually witnesses to adults (and, admittedly, some</DIV>
<DIV>non-adults) DRINKING. No, they weren't witnessing tea being drank,</DIV>
<DIV>but lager and ale and cider and perry (perry is cider made with pears.</DIV>
<DIV>Yum!). As far as I can tell, they survived the experience without too</DIV>
<DIV>much trauma. In fact, I suspect that they benefited from the</DIV>
<DIV>experience, as it allowed them to see what complete assholes some</DIV>
<DIV>people can become when drinking too much alcohol, and therefore</DIV>
<DIV>drinking to excess never became an aspirational activity to them. So</DIV>
<DIV>when they drink, now, it is prudently, and with wisdom.</DIV>
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<DIV>Our drinking laws in the US are fucked up. Here, we can own a gun,</DIV>
<DIV>drive a car, get married, vote, and serve in the military before we</DIV>
<DIV>can sit with adults in Mingles and watch them make assholes out of</DIV>
<DIV>themselves (or not). Laws that are fucked up should be ignored unless</DIV>
<DIV>they can reasonably be changed, but our elected officials are too</DIV>
<DIV>gutless to disobey those who paid for them to get into office, the</DIV>
<DIV>self-appointed Special Interest Groups (usually the minority). We can</DIV>
<DIV>elect new officials, but there is something about the process of being</DIV>
<DIV>elected that turns one into a chickenshit.</DIV>
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