How old should you have to be to........

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

1. Get drafted - never
2. Consume Alcoholic Beverages - 18
3. Consume energy drinks (such as red bull) - always
4. Smoke Tobacco - 18
5. Smoke Marijuana - 18
6. Own a firearm - 18
7. Purchase pornography -16
8. Have sex with a 23 year old - 18
9. Get a drivers license - 14
10. Gamble - 16
11. Get a job - depends on the job
12. Watch a rated R movie - 14

Before anyone calls me crazy for saying 14 for a driver's license, let me point out that is the actual age in North Dakota. (it's actually 14 and 6 months because you must have had a learner's permit for 6 months and you can get that at 14, but that's just neccesary to meet a requirement, not a legal restriction.) But I didn't get my license until I was 15.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

9. Get a drivers license - 21

What the hell?! Do you think I should've just sat at home and have my parents drive me everywhere for the past 6 years? It'd make college a little difficult. Not to mention getting a job for any teenager or 18-21 year olds who often really need one. Craziest thing I've read here yet.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

1. Get drafted
18
2. Consume Alcoholic Beverages
18
3. Consume energy drinks (such as red bull)
all
4. Smoke Tobacco
all
5. Smoke Marijuana
16
6. Own a firearm
18
7. Purchase pornography
16
8. Have sex with a 23 year old
15
9. Get a drivers license
16
10. Gamble
16
11. Get a job
12
12. Watch a rated R movie
13

OK, so you support a 6-year old buying 5 cans of Monster energy, and you oppose a 17-year old w/ 10-11 months buying a bottle of o'douls?

O' Douls is usualy considered non-alcoholic beer, so the drinking age usually doesn't cover it, even if it does contain a small amount of alcohol. They do serve it at non-alcoholic strip clubs.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Er, if all the people die who can be drafted?

If you mean all the soldiers, I can't see a scenario in which the entire American army is killed, but in that case it means we ever get the hell out of where they are, or if the war is actually on American territory it doesn't matter because there would be guerilla resistance to whoever was invading anyway. But if some invading power was able to kill the entire American army it would definately be a lost war anyway.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If gun control is a step towards despotism, I wonder where the fascist regimes of Canada and Britain have gone off to and left their countries to the unruly masses.

Except you can buy just about any gun in Canada that you can in the US. Haven't you seen Bowling for Columbine?