I was thinking about how 16 year olds in England are full adults, the idea that teens can decide their own medical care and move out without parental consent sounds amazing and could have honestly saved the lives of some kids I went to high school with. letting 16 teen year olds vote too makes sense since the obviously have a stake in the future more so than older people I would say. On the other hand the idea of 16 year olds binge drinking and being with older adults, and god forbid getting married to adults turns my stomach. I know we have some users from England so I am curious to hear your thoughts. I guess my instinct is to stagger everything at the appropriate ages. honestly sometimes i think 18 is too young to get married lol.
I got black out drunk a couple of times when I started drinking at the age of 16 but it did give me a proper respect for alcohol. These days I drink only about 3-5 beers a month at most. This is not to say you need to get wasted to start respecting alcohol but It did end up teaching me to only drink for the taste and not to drink for the purpose of getting drunk. Like a buzz is ok but I dont like actually being proper drunk.
i do think it is a lot for people to drink than at like a college party as their first drinking experience. at the very least its safer to let people drink with parental supervision.