I'm sure that's called aiding & abetting in other countries & is an equally punishable offence! Instead the age limit on alcohol should be raised in line with other European countries...

By Karen | May 22, 2008 1:09 PM

So the police are going to ask teenagers to attempt to break the law so they can "take action" against shops who sell alcohol to minors. What happens to the teenagers who break the law and obtain alcohol? So to try to catch people who break the law the police is going to ask people to try to break the law. Prima.

By Tim Lee | May 22, 2008 1:26 PM

Doesn't the police have other "more serious" things to go after? If a 15 year old one wants to get alcohol, he or she will find a way to get it..

By Marlies | May 22, 2008 3:28 PM

Tim Lee.. the assholes in the US do it all the time. They call it protecting the youth. What it really is... a waste of time and entrapment.. I hate living in the US .. but it does not look any better in the netherlands..

By Mark | May 22, 2008 4:29 PM

Mark - You are correct. Entrapment is entrapment, no matter where it's practiced. I don't support it in any country. When the police have to become or create criminals to catch criminals, that is just wrong. Having grown up in the US and having lived in Holland for three years, it would be great to combine the good things about both countries and discard the bad things.

By Tim Lee | May 23, 2008 4:08 PM

I hope that the bitter remark made by Mark, is not translated into a thought that America is a police state. Rest assured, Mark can leave anytime he wants to, unless of course he is somewhere in jail for having sold liquor to minors, or some other infraction of the law. In that case, we have the ACLU who might be able to assist him. May I suggest to Mark, get a life, go fishing, and listen to what Tim Lee is suggesting. That is what we call constructive criticism.
By staying in the US, you are only punishing yourself. In any case, Good Luck.

By hank | May 25, 2008 10:59 PM