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Old 07-01-2009, 07:49 AM   #21 (permalink)
Willravel
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Drinking: 16
There's no way we're going to be able to take a bite out of alcohol poisoning in college unless we allow kids to grow up learning how to drink responsibly with parents. They shouldn't learn about alcohol away from home.

Consent: 16
I had sex at 14, which I think might have been a bit young, but 18 is silly. Most kids start masturbating around 12, experimenting with sex from 14-15 and are sexually active by 16. If we lower consent to 16, we can start sex ed earlier.

Marriage: 18

Voting: 14
I've posted about this elsewhere, but frankly I don't think there should be a part of the population that can't vote. I'd be willing to compromise at 14, though. 18 is out of the question.

Driving: 18
After 18 you take a written test and earn your permit, then take mandatory classes for 6 months. At 18.5+, you take the drivers test. If, at any point during the age of 18 and 20 you are caught speeding or driving recklessly, drinking and driving, etc. you don't drive again until you're 20. You can utilize our public transportation system.

Military enlistment: 22
If that. 18 isn't old enough to decide that the country is worth your life yet. Short of a war on the scale where a draft is necessary for mere survival, you should be about the age of a college senior before being able to enlist.
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