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02/17/2005: "Reason #1000000 the U.S. legal drinking age is 21"

Since I'm tired of aruging with people why the drinking age should stay where it is, I'll cite an example of why American youth culture is frightening when alcohol is involved.

Last week, Nicholas Swanson was killed when students from a rival highschool mobbed him and hit him on the head with an empty beer bottle. According to authorities about 50 teenagers from rival Illinois schools St Charles North and Burlington Central were involved in the melee that ended a string of threats and harassment. Four teenagers were arrested over the incident, charged with mob action and felony charges such as aggravated battery.

Here is a list of what is wrong with this picture, other than the obvious "kids making asses of themselves.

1. This all started over a girl being dumped.

2. The four teenagers who were arrested over this incident were 18 years old and had already graduated.

3. Swanson was 20 years old was reported to have been on the scene to help out his little brother who had called for his aid.

4. People are already blaming bad parenting, mass media, and video games for the incident.

I only know from being a teenager that teenagers feed off of each other, and spread culture like mad cow disease. There's only so much parents can teach their kids about conflict resolution. There's only so much mass media can teach kids about not being idiots. Then again, I don't even think mass media really tries to teach kids how to act smart and how to make intelligent decisions. My biggest concern is why alumni were involved. As legal adults they had to act like they were still in highschool.

And, of course, booze was involved. I can't say none of this would have happened if it wasn't, but there's no way to prove it now.

As it stands right now, authorities have dropped mob action charges because they are seeking to go for more severe felony convictions like murder.

Source: Chicago Tribune

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