Debate Outline Team Members: Proposition: Should the drinking age be lowered to age 18? Position: Con Central Contentions or Claims Narration: The MLDA affects you; it affects me‚ all of us. Imagine being invited to a party and feeling uncomfortable because those around you are drunk and disorderly. Imagine going to college and not being able to focus on your school work because campus partying is even more common than before; the only difference is that now it’s legal. That’s
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Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21? Drinking alcohol is one of the biggest problems facing the Australian community. The proportion of people at risk as a result of excessive drinking of alcohol is constantly increasing as 3200 people die and almost 81000 people admitted to hospital every year. People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure‚ celebration‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ boredom‚ rebellion‚ insomnia‚ just to name a few. The legal drinking age is currently eighteen and should
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sixteen. Teens being charged as adults doesn’t happen very often in the U.S. According to ojjdp.gov‚ for every 100‚000 minors between ten and seventeen‚ 157 of them commit violent crimes about. That’s 34‚650 teens who commit violent crimes such as this every year. Teens should be charged as adults for violent crimes because violent crimes are adult crimes‚ the victims suffer‚ and They aren’t safe in this world alone. Violent crimes are adult crimes. No matter who the person is‚ “The end result of a heinous
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Should homework be banned. Yes‚ I feel it should be banned because you don’t get any time for yourself‚ pointless. Because you already get work at school‚ seriously‚ home too? It kills trees‚ waste of time‚ boring‚ some parents don’t even get it‚ it completely stresses you out. Not only you‚ but the teachers because all they do is grade tests‚ homework‚ classwork‚ and projects. I’m pretty sure they’re tired of doing it too. I don’t feel homework necessary. Homework should be banned because it just
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Do teens usually wait till the age of eighteen to begin consuming alcohol? If eighteen years of age is the legal age for adulthood‚ why can’t it be the legal age to begin drinking? Is the government contradicting themselves? Over the years studies have shown that most teens do not wait until the age of twenty-one to begin drinking. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would allow eighteen to twenty year-olds to drink alcohol in safe places with supervision. Keeping teens from drinking in unsafe
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non-profit organization that is for lowering the drinking age to 18. Young adults can vote‚ fight and die for their country overseas‚ and purchase tobacco at age 18‚ but why cannot they have a beer? Drinking among the youth in the United States has escalated to dangerous levels such as binge drinking‚ reckless parties‚ and even death. The average age when kids take their first sip of alcohol is a staggering 14 years of age (Debate). The legal drinking age of twenty-one is not working. The government needs
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For many years‚ there has been the question should the drinking age be lowered to 18? In today’s society‚ most young adults drink behind their guardians back‚ but do not realize the consequences that come with their choices. With much speculation‚ this topic has became a very intriguing argument. What does drinking do to the growth of the brain? Can alcohol do just as much harm to someone 18 then someone 21? Will they be just as responsible? Can someone that young make the correct decisions? Underage
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The Age for Tattoos Should be Lowered Tattoos have been around for 5‚200 years and have varied through many age groups. Some people have different opinions on how tattoos look on different people. We are born with a blank canvas why not add some art to it. The possibilities are endless to what you could have as a tattoo. I have wanted a tattoo for awhile now but I am only 15 and will have to wait three more years to become legal. I believe that the age limit for tattoos should be lowered. Fourteen
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Since 1987‚ it has been argued that the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to 18 so that young adults are allowed to drink in certain environments. This argument has many sides which can be argued. At 18‚ you are considered an adult. You can vote‚ charged with adult crimes‚ and even die for your country‚ but you cannot consume alcohol. To me that is discriminating against people in the age group of 18-20. As of now‚ adults over 21 years old are allowed to drink in places such
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that the film ‘reflected the truth that was then in 1934…therefore [Triumph of the will was] a documentary. Not a propaganda film.’ She also claimed that Hitler commissioned her to make the film ‘showing the congress through a non-expert eye…selecting what was most artistically satisfying’ as ‘anyone who knew about the relative importance of the various people and groups…might make a film that would be pedantically accurate.’ Audrey Salkeld has supported Leni’s argument understanding that she was only
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