Oddly the cops were really laid back in town. We walked by fraternity row in Madison before the game where there were a bunch of huge parties and the cops just stood on the curb and watched. Didn't bother anyone.
No. I was drinking in HS, at around 14. As were many, if not most, of my fellow students.
New low for LE to be "patrolling" the stands and arresting college students at a football game for underage drinking, unless there was some other factor such as fighting or drunken stupidity that attracted their attention.
So if a parent wants their 5 year old to get hammered, all good?
Were the cops just looking for anyone with a beer can or were they responding to complaints from other fans about conduct? We'll never know. But my guess is the latter because it's hard to believe that the cops would want to be in the position of IDing everyone with a beer can to see if they were under 21. Note also that there were some citations for conduct, such as being in the wrong section.
I'm not sure what the age is to buy alcohol in stores and bars in various European countries. It might be around 18. Having been in many bars in Europe I can tell you I never see what look to be 14 year olds there, or even 18 year olds. I think the bigger issue is that a high drinking age makes alcohol a mysterous thing and causes parents to keep it away from kids, so they find it themselves, just like drugs. Drinking age is less relevant than the cultural attitude of danger danger danger in my opinion.
What you describe has allegedly happened at Rutgers tailgates. Young adult college students having a beer with their parents getting ticketed for possession and/or consumption of alcohol. Sure, the law is the law, but there is a thing called discretion when issuing a ticket and/or letting someone off with a warning. My understand is that some of these incidents did not involve drunken or rowdy behavior, just aggressive patrolling. Don't know what the case was at Camp Randall. As someone who does not drink alcohol, I don't see the harm of young adults having an alcoholic beverage at a college football game as long as they are in control and not getting drunk. That line can get blurred though, and I understand that.
Come on. Be honest. Who hasn't "dated" someone like that before they met their wife ?
These are some of the dumbest comments I've ever heard. Let's let everyone urinate in the street whenever they want to and let 10 year olds drink. While we're at it, let's allow nine year olds to drive and eight year olds to carry a gun. As long as they have the approval of their parents and guardians. What an idiot and reflective of a pervading attitude toward parents' rights in this country. Absolute moron.
Not in my opinion. Not in 99.999% of any parent's opinion. And that's not remotely what I suggested should happen.
