> In article <rg99345rdj7pjvdkhj7mnpu0ipccfep...@4ax.com>,
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> Roarmeister <Ebnezrvfg...@argfpncr.arg> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> But that's thing-- California drinking laws are NOT applicable in Gabon.
phrase. It's not clear to me what that means. Does "where" refer to
