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Originally Posted by Paq
just an aside, but i always thought that was an interesting age for the draft and for allowing people to go to war. I know there were massive arguments about sending people to war who couldn't vote and that lead to the 18 legal voting age...i just find 18 an odd age to say, "Ok, you can go die for your country now"
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I think it's 18 because that is the age when the average person graduates high school.
I have always found 18 to be too young, I truly believe (and this is just MY opinion) that 99% of the people have no idea what they want to be or who they are, yet we expect them to.
I like 21 far better, I think those 3 years add a lot to the maturity and mindset of a person. Let a person join the military at 18, but train them and give them better education and skills so that when you ship them out at 21 they are prepared and more apt to handle it because of the extra training.
//threadjack