>> 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."
