Thursday, 9 June 2005
Drinking-Age Raise Inconveniences New Zealanders
"While Progressive Party deputy Matt Robson is claiming that his new Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill is a victory for
democracy, all he has accomplished is exposing many of the current MPs in Parliament as erratic and scatterbrained, and
demonstrating the patronising 'Nanny knows best' attitude of the Progressive Party and 78 of this country's MPs," says
Libertarianz Hamilton East Candidate, Robin Thomsen.
"It is widely expected that raising the drinking age will achieve little in changing the drinking culture in New
Zealand," says Thomsen, "and simply adds inconvenience. There is no magic bullet that will solve the drinking trend in
New Zealand. The vast majority of teenagers drink responsibly and are guilty of nothing more than socialising and having
a good time. Those few that cause trouble should be prosecuted for the trouble, not for the drinking."
"Libertarianz is committed to treating adults as such, with all the liberties that accompany adulthood." Concludes
Thomsen, "It's enough to make you vote Libertarianz!"
ENDS