Spring Break 2014 - South Walton

[robertsondavies]

Kids like to do things that are edgy. Since the temperance league has pushed the legal drinking age up to 21 from 18 in most US States including Florida over the last 40 years, the results are predictable. No results. In fact, since basically everyone, except those who were never going to imbibe, drink well before 21, if not well before 16, all these regulations do is breed disrespect for the "law". i.e. everyone knows that everyone "does it", especially by the age of 17 unless you're amish et. al,.

So while we have stupid laws, do we really have to enforce them?? Is this a revenue generator for the county basically, if so, I'm fine with that, but still this is an example of wasted efforts.

 

[Andy A]

Kids like to do things that are edgy. Since the temperance league has pushed the legal drinking age up to 21 from 18 in most US States including Florida over the last 40 years, the results are predictable. No results. In fact, since basically everyone, except those who were never going to imbibe, drink well before 21, if not well before 16, all these regulations do is breed disrespect for the "law". i.e. everyone knows that everyone "does it", especially by the age of 17 unless you're amish et. al,.

So while we have stupid laws, do we really have to enforce them?? Is this a revenue generator for the county basically, if so, I'm fine with that, but still this is an example of wasted efforts.

One man's opinion, but this is exactly what is wrong in our nation today. You only enforce the laws you agree with or which you consider not "stupid". Fortunately, our country was not founded on such principles.

If you don't like a law, change it or repeal it! The legal drinking age when I was young was 18. And we had the draft at 18. To me, saying ignore the law if you disagree with it is not only ludicrous, it is a way to put our county on the road to ruin as we have known it.

 

[second wind]

One man's opinion, but this is exactly what is wrong in our nation today. You only enforce the laws you agree with or which you consider not "stupid". Fortunately, our country was not founded on such principles.

If you don't like a law, change it or repeal it! The legal drinking age when I was young was 18. And we had the draft at 18. To me, saying ignore the law if you disagree with it is not only ludicrous, it is a way to put our county on the road to ruin as we have known it.

Agree. Trying to enforce laws to keep folks safe especially minors is never a wasted effort.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

If we don't enforce the laws, eventually we will see toddlers peeing on piles of beer cans in turtle nesting areas in plain sight of law enforcement officers.

 

[Beach Runner]

How pompous to think that one can break a law s/he thinks is stupid or that is inconvenient for him/her?

That's what hubby called me last week. I was driving my new car down 85 and got behind a pickup with a lot of stuff in the back that I was afraid would blow off and damage my car. So I sped up to 90 mph for a few seconds to get around that truck fast, then went back to my regular speed. He said, "You can't do that! Just get as far away from that truck as you can. It's pompous for you to think you can drive that fast."

He's right. Lesson learned. I'll admit I think that it sets a really bad example when I see someone driving a vehicle with an "Educator" tag. On a similar note, that's why I stopped going to bars at home when I became a college professor. I didn't want to set a bad example. (What happens at the beach, stays at the beach.)

I do think that the drinking age should be changed to 18. It's ridiculous that someone can fight as a soldier for our country and/or be a legal adult and not be able to drink. College students are gonna drink. Yeah, most high school students are gonna drink, but there needs to be a limit. I think that adulthood is a reasonable limit. But until the law is changed, it should be enforced. In the same school of thought, I believe in speed limits even though in some areas in some countries there is none. And in SoWal in January when you could bowl on 30A due to it being a ghost town, 25 mph in Seagrove is ridiculous. But I just set my cruise control and listen to music I like so that I de-stress so as not to claw my eyeballs out while driving that slowly. 25 mph in Seagrove in the summer is a life saver. But I don't think that people who pay taxes in Walton County want their taxes increased in order to change out the speed limit signs for the off-season. I digress from the thread at hand. Sorry.

Of course, many of you will disagree with me. That's fine.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

I know this is off topic, but I just wish more people would get it through their heads that it is OK to pass a school bus while the school bus is moving. Folks, as long as those wheels are moving, the driver ain't gonna drop of any kids. It's ok to blow by him. In fact please do, because every time he stops, and you stop, you end up with a line of cars a mile long. The driver is usually driving 5mph BELOW speed limit because he's getting ready to make a stop. Well dammit, could you please get it through your head that at this point it is perfectly legal and highly desirable if you would swiftly pass the bus so that others may do likewise. it's like the damn fools are escorting the bus from the passing lane.

 

[Teresa]

Well, the good news is, we only have a week or so of SB to go.

 

[momof2kids]

Well, the good news is, we only have a week or so of SB to go.

I don't know if I can handle driving to seaside for pick up in the afternoon for another week or so.
Ive never seen traffic so backed up at 3:00 driving into seaside.

 

[robertsondavies]

One man's opinion, but this is exactly what is wrong in our nation today. You only enforce the laws you agree with or which you consider not "stupid". Fortunately, our country was not founded on such principles.

If you don't like a law, change it or repeal it! The legal drinking age when I was young was 18. And we had the draft at 18. To me, saying ignore the law if you disagree with it is not only ludicrous, it is a way to put our county on the road to ruin as we have known it.

Andy, i won't take the bait and debate you about whether our nation is "stupid" today; following laws on the books may well be stupid, but in hindsight I wasn't much for slavery, jim crowe, or many other laws, that were changed in great time. I'm not sure this one rises to the level of need for demonstrations etc., so it will continue to be half ass enforced, and laughed at until we think about it philosphically as to its real effect on people's respect for law. It appears you'd prefer we carry on with this ludicrous drinking age of 21 years old. It's a freaking farce IMHO. Canadians are prudes, and their drinking ages are 18, and 19. At 21, everyone just laughs and says this is silly, and to some extent learn the lesson that some of our laws are stupid.

 

[robertsondavies]

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