I think kids should be aloud in pubs, they should because otherwise there just gonna experiment at home with achohol. So why not let them, maybe they just want to meet there friends and have a "coke" and i know im aloud too go to the pub down my area, which is cool, i meet my mates and this cute bar man ;)
anyways what do you think?:rolleyes:

Kids should speak aloud wherever they go.

;) lol, i mean like shouldn't they be aloud in, its not like all kids are going to drink, its like whats the point, there going to do it some day. as long as they dont get addicted to the pub.

I'm against it
young lads should not drink freely before 18

Whether kids are allowed in pubs or not is immaterial because they'll drink anyway. In my area I've seen kids no older than 10 or 12 blitzed out of their minds, staggering around town.

The drinking age doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If someones old enough to drive, fight in the armed forces, consent to sex, why is it illegal for them to have a cold pint?

ben nevis:
same here
still doesn't mean that we have to allow it

with your logic we should also allow prisoners to escape because they'd try to do it anyway

I think kids should be alloed to drink at any age, and buy drinks at the store, but not be allowed into bars because it would protray negative drinking to children, but nothing is wrong with a cold beer or a cooler.

I think kids should be alloed to drink at any age, and buy drinks at the store
do you have idea how alchocol is damagin to young brains?
children become stupid, they have difficulties in learning, they cannot even learn a single poem by heart
I've known several kids like these
and allof this because of heavy drinking

you have no idea of what you wish to allow
or more particulary - you aren't aware of the consequences

At 18, then sure, they're an adult, let 'em in. But not before that. At 16, it is your choice to drink, but you still belong to your parents, and they have to deal with the repercussions. Anything younger than 16, and I don't think htey should be allowed anywhere near alcohol. Its not like anyone really needs it anyway.

I say get them drunk at as soon as they can begin drinking anything....a child raised with alcohol will be so sick of it come birthday 21 he/she will give it up indefinetly leading to a happy healthy life.

;) true, but they should make a section for kids drinks such as : coke,lemonade,orange,red lemonade etc etc.
Because then its safer, and if a child looks under 18 and wants a bottle of vodka for example then they should show some ID :p

I think it should be 18. It's just insanely stupid that they'll force you to die for your country at 18, but won't let you get drunk before hand.

Originally posted by sargentlard
I say get them drunk at as soon as they can begin drinking anything....a child raised with alcohol will be so sick of it come birthday 21 he/she will give it up indefinetly leading to a happy healthy life.

real life examples show you wrong
there can be no happy normal life if the child is a dumb idiot

very true avatar. i've seen quite a few people 1 yr. or 2yrs. senior to me in school just become non-existant lifeless pathetic beings.

Whether kids are allowed in pubs or not is immaterial because they'll drink anyway
It's not about that, it's about endorsing drinking with young people. If you make it legal for children to drink then you're encouraging drinking among them. Making it illegal is discourageing it. I know it doesn't always work like that but that's why it's there.
Okay, let me put it this way, the French let their kids drink alcohol, now look at them!
I say drinking is bad due to personal reasons, but I'm not trying to make everyone else think that way as everyone has a choice.
But endorsing drinking with young people is very wrong. The laws are there for our protection. I've seen lives go down the toilet because of drinking starting at an early age.

Originally posted by ben nevis
Whether kids are allowed in pubs or not is immaterial because they'll drink anyway. In my area I've seen kids no older than 10 or 12 blitzed out of their minds, staggering around town.
You obviously havnt met any russians.

Drinking should be an adult activety only, i used to drink from as young as 16 but now im old enough to drink legally, i dont care now and think that it should remain illegal for people under the age of 18. I do see the reasoning behind the argument that if you are old enough to die for your country, drive and have sex you should be able to drink but i say they should put the age for these activities up cause drinking is a fun but dangerous activity.
Maybe they should make a test like you do for cars so you have to pass the test before being able to drink.
:)

Originally posted by ben nevis
Whether kids are allowed in pubs or not is immaterial because they'll drink anyway. In my area I've seen kids no older than 10 or 12 blitzed out of their minds, staggering around town.

The height of the bars in Glasgow is lower than the rest of the UK.. Always thought it was because the populace were midgets.. But that explains it .

Why can't kids wait till their brain is fully developed to start destroying it.

MAybe I'll just support 'curiousity kills the cat', in this case I mean, the youth

It all comes down to " Forbidden fruits "..

Education is the answer..
Bring them up with alcohol to respect what it can do ..

Oh!.. I was in the British Royal Navy at 15... and got pissed as often as i could.. It was forbidden... hahaaa..

At 64 i still chase those forbidden fruits..

Don't forget a " Pub " is a Public House.. therefore it should be open to all ..

Education is the answer to most of our problems .

Kids can legally go in pubs, so what's the issue here?

Children under the age of 14 can go into rooms in public houses as long as that room doesn't itself have a bar. So 'Family Rooms', beer gardens or restaurants are deemed suitable.

Children over the age of 14 may sit in a room with a bar, as long as they are supervised by an adult, and don't drink alcohol.

At 16, children my drink alcohol as long as it is taken alongsoide a meal.

But to be honest, kids have no place in pubs. People smoke (which is really bad for kids and causes asthma) get drunk, swear, and try and cop off. If anyone thinks these are good influences for a kid, kill yourself now, before you breed. Plus I hate children, and I like pubs, so I want pubs to be free fo them.

They shouldn't be allowed into any place that serves alcohol until they are 21 IMO.

I know it's a very stereotypical arguement, but after spending three summers in Europe (yes, I know many of our members live in Europe permanently), and frequenting the bars there - I rarely ever saw a drunk European teen. I saw them stoned off their rockers many a time, but I don't really recall a drunken Euro teen. Especially in Italy. When I did choose to go out with the drunks on my trip, we always went to Italian clubs (not the shitty tourist-English clubs), and despite absolutely zero id required - I failed to see a single Italian teenager drunk. Same at the bars. In fact, I didn't see many drunks period that weren't tourists. If an Italian was drunk it was always just the tipsy-happy sort of drunk, not the throwing up all over yourself drunk.

It certainly was not like home.

in Canada, where the drinking age is 18, there is (at least the appearance of) less alchohol-related problems, I bet in part because people are exposed at a younger age. however, alcohol is very damaging chemical, and therefore it wuch be dealt with respect. Just like any powerful thing, if misused can become a destructive thing (think dinomyte or gasoline - usefull only when used in a certain way).


Allowing 8 year olds to drink until they can't stand is wrong, IMO, because there is enough about the world left for an 8 year old to learn , that they are not ready to make the decision for themselves. They are, of course able to say yes or no, but the amount of knowledge about the next 9 decades of their life is laking at this point.

However, to say "you are an adult enough to go and kill and die for this country, but you can't drink this liquid for another 3 years" is pretty dumb. If I had a choice between giving an angry teenager a gun or a Jack and Coke, I'd go with the Jack, myself.

I used to go into bars with my dad when I was little. No one bother me.. I just played video games and had some coke. I think the bartender gave me some free just because I was little...

They should be neither aloud nor allowed ;)

I like to play darts. Eg: throwing an extremely pointy projectile at something 7'9" away. With kids running around this is nigh on impossible. When I try and do anything the parents grumble about their right to be there even if there is a sign up stating no children after 5.50pm.......

No, No thrice No!