>It matters not to the policymakers that persons who are regarded as too young to responsibly consume alcohol are legally old enough to ....

But, Sparteye, the policymakers here in the US are (and always have been) the people themselves. If they felt strongly enough about it, they could elect legislators who would change the legal drinking age to 7. Or to 150, which is basically what happened with the Great Experiment, as I believe it was caused.

Who was it that said a Baptist was a person who was terrified that somewhere, somehow, there just might be someone who was having fun???


TEd