Holy Sh*t!

Yesterday i was scheduled to attend a Super Bowl party. It was a frat party. I'm not usually into the fraternity scene, but one of my closest friends since high school is brother at AEPi and i've become good friends with a lot of the guys in the house. Most of them are serious, ambitious, well rounded, easy going guys.
Anyway due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts i wasn't able to go. I wasn't too bummed out, Superbowl for me is at most about the commercials and the game is secondary. It would have been nice to drink a little and revel in the carefree atmosphere, missing in my life at the moment, but life sometimes gets in the way. So i was really shocked to get an e-mail from my friend saying that the house got raided by the cops for underage drinking.
So this is the part where i rant about the stupid underage drinking laws and the uselessness of police in these situations. The articles make the guys sound like irresponsible as assholes. Oh dear a bunch nineteen-year olds and twenty-year-olds drinking, what should we do?! Our society is going to hell! There have been five murders in Boston since January, there are serious crime out there, underage drinking in a frat house is not one of them!
I don't understand a law that limits adults who can serve in the army and vote in national elections from drinking alcohol. You can't solve a problem by just closing your eyes and stinking fingers in your ears screaming "lalala" really loudly. Because as i see it, this is the equivalent of our underage drinking laws. We rather say drinking is bad and expect kids to nod there heads in agreement and never let alcohol touch their lips till they are twenty-one. I come from a culture known for drinking. I realize there are vast differences between Russia and America, namely the use of cars as a major factor when it comes to drinking. However, in Russia and other European countries drinking is not demonized like it is here. People acknowledge the dangerous effects and try to regulate it as best as they can. Teenagers are going to always drink alcohol and we need to acknowledge this and make laws that help instead of taking precious resources to police this "huge problem."
One last point, the Harold article seems to ridicule John Karr, the president of the fraternity, for listing ``pledge class paddle'' among his accomplishments. For your information Boston Harold the paddles are amazing, they are well designed and they guys even used lasers to make them, a lot of work goes into them. So yes it is a big accomplishment.