> On Wed, 21 May 2008 16:55:47 -0600, Roarmeister
> <Ebnezrvfg...@argfpncr.arg>wrote:
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> >On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:33:33 -0400, Thanatos <atro...@mac.com> wrote:
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> >>In article <24727-483409E6...@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net>,
> >> d...@webtv.net wrote:
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> >>> How will this affect some of the food rewards and feasts where alcohol
> >>> is involved?
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> >>> 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?
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> >>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".
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> >>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".
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> >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?
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> >With all the drunken starlets in Hollywood I can't imagine they have a
> >legal age of anything greater than 5! :)
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> >Closer to home, the legal age is 19 in Saskatchewan and 18 in Alberta,
> >Manitoba and Quebec.
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> >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."
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> The US is 21 to drink/purchase alcohol in all 50 states
