>>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:33:33 -0400, Thanatos <atro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <24727-483409E6...@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net>,
>>>> d...@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."
