>Yes I did have a thesis, which basically defines the position of the individual in relation to society throughout recorded history.

Cool, thanks. I might check out that book you mentioned. Are there others worth reading?

I'm wondering if there is a greater unexplained area to explore here. As in your example, the conflict between teenagers that drink alcohol and parents that don't want them to has been ongoing for at least 5000 years. This is interesting in itself, but how many 21st centruy scientists have tackled the problem of why a trivial conlfict discovered half a millenia ago has not been solved. I'm not interested in the specifics of your example, or how the conflict arose, or why it arose, but why its been tolerated to exist for so long.