A Response to Petro

This the comment I posted in response to "Petro's" argument.

The drinking age, as it is now, is a problem, yes, but I don't think you have thought about a substantial solution. I am 17 and yes, there is quite a few high school students that do engage, in what now is a social norm, in underage drinking. When parents go out of town, the temptation to invite your friends to come over and "party it up" and get someones liberal parents or someone's older brother to supply the alcohol is just as feverish as the raging hormones. I've known many that have gotten either an MIC (Minor in Consumption) or DUI, but I don't think that lowering the drinking age to 18 or 19 will resolve these consequences.
There are plenty of adults, who to this day choose to drink and drive or receive tickets for public intoxication. Although they may be 21 or over, there isn't something that "clicks" with the allowance that enables them to be smart about drinking. There are also a lot of teens that choose not to fall into temptation because of the fear of getting caught by their parents, the law, or worse by death of themselves or others. If there is no fear, then I think more teens will choose to drink along with everyone else there age, thus creating a greater range of people that drink in the liquor stores and on the roads. Also there is the point that a lot of 18, and sometimes 19 year olds are still in high school. And while they would be allowed to drink, their younger counterparts who attend the same school as well as the same extracurricular activities, would be at greater risk of falling into temptation.
Although the tempation to "taste the forbidden fruit" will be lost in the 18/19 and older kids, it will have passed to the younger generation. You can't have the word "flaw" without the word "law". Every law is broken or has been broken before, hence the reason for the law. But I do agree with the point that if you're 18 or older, you should be allowed to drink with the supervision of a parent or guardian, whether it be in the home or at a restaurant. Parents would be able to teach their kids by a hands-on, trial basis, exactly how much alcohol is enough and what it feels like, thus making teens more aware of the substance itself and more aware of the responsibility that comes with drinking as well as the consequences that come from abusing the substance.