crc95: I think our attitude towards booze and "minors" has more to do with our fixation on automobiles than anything else. Everyone needs to have at least two cars and at the earliest age possible. Mix that cultural fact with alcohol and its a bad mix. Unavoidable but bad. Kids, booze, and cars is a high risk proposition. Personally, I don't know how I lived thru it. Probably a combination of luck and occasional good judgement. Its a tough issue. All my contemporaries went thru what you described and we sure don't want to see our kids get hurt. The number of cars and people have increased so much. I am surprised those cops in my fair State made the kids pour out the beer. In my day they always kept it. When I was at college, I always made sure my parents would call ahead before they would visit. Myself and my roommates would be role models for decorum during those times. I think the European attitude towards alcohol is much more civilized -as is their approach to sex and nudity. At this point, no one here wants to have anything to do with legislation that might result in another death on the highway or rape. The driving skills of our youth is about the same as those in their late seventies. BTW, did anyone introduce you to Long Island Ice Tea while you were here?