> >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".
