[garinda]

The idea is being mooted about by some politicans, to lower the age at which people can vote, from eighteen to sixteen.

The whole legal idea of when we come of age seems to be unclear.

We can legally have sex at sixteen, and therefore become a parent, but can't marry at that age without parental consent.

We can join the forces at sixteen, and in theory give our lives for our country.

We can't drive a car, or take our driving test until we are seventeen.

With the apparent apathy from lots of young people towards politics, and the falling figures of people bothering to vote in elections, would not this be a good way of encouraging young people to have a say in their future?

Or do those two years make all the difference in a young persons judgement?