[HPforGrownups] Re: Alcohol in OOP

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 68965

In a message dated 7/10/03 12:09:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gishdaydream at hotmail.com writes:
> I guess I could say that I, too, was impressed with the alcohol 
> references. When I read that Ron wanted to get some firewhiskey in 
> the Hog's Head, and then there was one other reference that some kid 
> knew where to get some/make some... I was like "Oh no you di-nt. 
> Don't you even think about it Ronald Weasley"... so yeah. I'm 
> American, and it's my opinion that we are a little 'strict' with the 
> liquor laws. Although some of it well deserved (again, my opinion) I 
> am against under-aged drinking. I was president of a couple anti-
> drinking/drugs/tobacco campaigns, in high school. I still feel that 
> alcohol to teens is like throwing fresh steaks to starved lions (I'm 
> 20 and don't drink, but only 2 months left till 21). But this isn't 
> about liquor laws world-wide it's about Harry Potter, moving on... 

I almost wanted Ron to drink...  Just to show that the HP kids aren't perfect 
about stuff like that.  Of course, Ron could've always spat it out and yelled 
"GROSS!  Worse than those damn slugs!" and JRK could've been working for 
DARE.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
--Who thinks the US's drinking laws are maddeningly moronic (I'm American 
just so no one flames me with "you can't talk about it unless you're American" 
e-mails).  They tell you that at 18 you're an adult: you can enter contracts, 
you can get married, you can be proscuted as an adult for petty crimes, you can 
smoke, you can buy porn, but oh no - you can't drink!  It's freaking 
stupid...almost every damn teenager gets drunk every weekend anyway, 'cept for me.  
Only 3 years, 3 months, 6 days til I can drink...*sigh* Damn US...


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