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DaveinGermany · 24-10-2010, 18:26

I believe this has been advocated by Labour, the Greens & the SNP in the past, plus other organisations have made mutterings in this direction, I personally think it's an idiotic suggestion, you can give it all the guff about marginalisation, maturity, expectations & more aware but it's all liberal fluffy thinking.

So we start by letting them vote, then you've given them that responsibility, are they then not deemed responsible enough to go & have a drink ? Pub at 16 ? that is the inference. Anyone wishing to join the military at 16 needs to have their papers signed by a Parent or Guardian & even then they can't serve in a Combat zone until 18, so this must also be waived, after all they're now "responsible enough" at 16 to decide the Countries future so by all accounts their own.

I still maintain the majority of 16 year olds are not fully cognisant or emotionally & mentally balanced enough to take on these responsibilities, so things are better left as they are. As it is in this modern world the Kids are getting no time to be Kids & are being rushed into Adulthood earlier & into a confrontation they're ill prepared to face !

Doesn't anyone else see the inherent pitfalls in this ludicrous suggestion ?

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	Re: Voting Age I believe this has been advocated by Labour, the Greens & the SNP in the past, plus other organisations have made mutterings in this direction, I personally think it's an idiotic suggestion, you can give it all the guff about marginalisation, maturity, expectations & more aware but it's all liberal fluffy thinking. So we start by letting them vote, then you've given them that responsibility, are they then not deemed responsible enough to go & have a drink ? Pub at 16 ? that is the inference. Anyone wishing to join the military at 16 needs to have their papers signed by a Parent or Guardian & even then they can't serve in a Combat zone until 18, so this must also be waived, after all they're now "responsible enough" at 16 to decide the Countries future so by all accounts their own. I still maintain the majority of 16 year olds are not fully cognisant or emotionally & mentally balanced enough to take on these responsibilities, so things are better left as they are. As it is in this modern world the Kids are getting no time to be Kids & are being rushed into Adulthood earlier & into a confrontation they're ill prepared to face ! Doesn't anyone else see the inherent pitfalls in this ludicrous suggestion ?