There's some logic, but not where you'd think. Quite simply, if you reduce the number of eligible drinkers below the age of 25, who are responsible for most barroom violence, then you'll have some impact on reducing violence. It's straight numbers.
Not that I'd support the move. I think we'd actually be better off if parents started teaching their kids how to drink responsibly at a younger age...might reduce some of the binging that happens as soon as people hit 18, when they really have no idea how to handle it. Giving a 15-yo a glass of wine with dinner is not a bad thing.
Edit--One good reason I can't agree with a higher drinking age: At 18, we'll tell a kid that he's old enough to die for his country and have an equal say in how we're governed, but not responsible enough to have a drink? There's something very, very wrong with that.
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