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Old 12-14-2010, 09:30 PM   #5
Yieldsign
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Default Re: Voting age being lowered to 17?!?!

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Originally Posted by ~HentaiXXX~ View Post
The reason things are like this Rubin is because the government is trying to focus on the different kinds of people there are. Not all people are going to enlist in the military, but quite a few more people will be drinking. I suppose they're trying to make it to fit a person's choice to do ONE of those things at a time, and not what they will be trying all at once.

I dunno if I explained that as well as I tried, but I hope you understand how I see it.
on SOME level you could try to justify the disparity between different age of majorities in our country by citing its utility, but i think what's being driven at here is more a matter of principle - that it's somewhat sleazy to let your country's men die and fight for its sake but prohibit them from making basic life decisions like drinking.
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