On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:33:33 -0400, Thanatos <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>In article <24727-483409E6-22@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net>,
> doob@webtv.net wrote:
>
>> How will this affect some of the food rewards and feasts where alcohol
>> is involved?
>>
>> Even if the drinking age is 18 wherever they are...if the drinking age
>> is 21 in the home state of the contestant...wouldn't it look like
>> Survivor is promoting drinking through this loophole...or at least
>> looking the other way so to speak?
>
>That's not a "loophole". It's just the law. The law that's applicable is
>the law where you're standing at the time. A person isn't bound by the
>drinking age "back home", just like Americans who go to Amsterdam are
>free to smoke dope even though it's illegal "back home".
>
>If it were otherwise, the only Americans who could legally gamble in Las
>Vegas would be residents of Nevada. After all, if you're visiting from
>Alabama, gambling is illegal "back home".
Except, in this case the contract the contestants sign with Survivor
Entertainment Group specifically mentions that the contestants will
abide by California laws where applicable. Anybody know the drinking
age in California - is it 18, 19 or 21?
With all the drunken starlets in Hollywood I can't imagine they have a
legal age of anything greater than 5! :)
Closer to home, the legal age is 19 in Saskatchewan and 18 in Alberta,
Manitoba and Quebec.
I saw one source that mentioned that US military doesn't have a legal
drinking age - with the suggestion that "if you're old enough to die
for your country, you're old enough to drink."
