>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."
That is true for the military. Once you are in, you can legally drink
- on military bases and outside the US only. But I doubt any US
