On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 16:45 +0100, Neil wrote: > Hi > > I live in the Netherlands, and we can drink beer and buy weed at 16. > We have to wait to 18 to drive though. > I would say this is a good sequence. The "drinking till you drop" has > been tried before you are allowed to drive a car, and everyone knows > where their limits are by then. Most do not care about these limits, > but they know the effects of alcohol. > Then again: my country is so small you can reach about everyone while > walking backwards on your hands on broken glass while blindfolded, so > there is no great need to be allowed to drive a car between 16 and 18. > I do not know enough of neuroscience to say wether it's wise to drink > a shitload at 16. > It apears to be wise to be allowed to buy weed. The Carver (something > in between a motorcicle and a car) is verry cool and could only be > invented in a country where weed is allowed (Top Gear said it). > > Neil
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