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MADD Founder Hates Troops Almost As Much As She Hates Alcohol

We were kind of drunk at the time so we forgot to mention it, but on Monday Fox News Channel aired a debate between Candy Lightner, the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Alex Koroknay-Palicz of the National Youth Rights Association, which contends that if you're old enough to vote, marry, and join the Army, you're old enough to guzzle Jäger. As you can imagine, Lightner was unimpressed, and rather vocal about it:

Koroknay-Palicz said U.S. soldiers between the ages of 18 and 21 should have the legal right to drink a beer, which seems more than reasonable considering that they might, you know, die at any moment. (You need to unwind after your day at work?) But Lightner was disgusted that our fighting men and women would have the audacity to imbibe. She ranted that 18-year-olds haven't "developed, and that's exactly why the draft age is 18, because these kids are malleable." She added: "They will follow the leader, they don't think for themselves, and they are the last ones I want to say, 'Here's a gun, and here's a beer.' They are not adult—that's why they're in the military. They are not adults."

There ya have it: Thanks for protecting us at home and abroad, ya mindless juvenile killing machines. No drinky for you!

Comments

This woman needs help and quick! WoW! She certainly doesn't think much of the men and women in the military or young people in general. She doesn't want people drinking and driving, which is commendable, lots of innocent people die in drinking and driving accidents, quiescently a lot of young kids also die in war. A bullet to the head will certainly stop development of the brain a whole lot faster than any beer ever will. Age is just a number, it says nothing about the person. There are plenty of people who are 21 and can't handle the
responsibility of drinking. Oh and by the way crazy lady did you know people with mental handicaps are allowed to drink at the age of 21? I don't think there brain is fully developed, but hell there 21 they can handle it.

Posted by: LeeHarvey on April 10, 2008 2:40 PM

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