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Originally Posted by squeeeb
what if we raised the voting age to 22? i don't know if i want an 18 year old to help determine how i'm gonna live, we have different priorities, and like it or not, i know a lot more and have way more experience than a 18 year old.
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True. However...being 46, I know a lot more and have way more experience than a 22 year old. It's the way life works. Keep the voting age at 18.
Drinking age...18. Any age with a parent or guardian present. The reason being that 18 year olds are old enough to decide upon the next President of the United States, old enough to sign the dotted line to kill or be killed for their country, old enough to climb behind the wheel of a 2000lb peice of metal and glass and hurtle it down a highway. But 18 is to young to decide what brand of beer they would like to drink? I don't think so. We, in the US of A, make entirelly to big a deal over the "evils" of alcohol. I believe that if we stopped
making such a big deal over it, then it really wouldn't
be a big deal.
Driving? 17 to obtain a learner's permit, and drive with a licensed driver with a minimum of 5 years experience. 18 to legally drive.
Age of consent is something else altogether. I would
like to say 16. But, does that mean that I, as a 46 year old, could legally have sex with a 16 year old. I don't really like that scenario. I have to think about this one for awhile. Waaay to many variables, that if removed, create even larger problems. This one's not so easy.
18 seems, to me, to be the "magic number". Hopefully, if the mentors in their lives have done an adequate job, then most 18 year olds should have the tools at their disposal to make reasonably sound decisions. Most...I hope.