I don't think so. I think age limits portray quite well how permissive and non-permissive the society is and how our societies have changed. Usually earlier adulthood was between ages of 24 or 21, but typically it has gone down to 18 and in some cases 16 year olds are considered adults.It seems to me that every country has arbitrarily decided these age requirements, and they're different everywhere. — MonfortS26
"The rational part of a teen's brain isn't fully developed and won't be until age 25 or so. — Athena
Now, I can honestly say that I have continued to blunder all the way to age 72, though the ratio of blunders to good decisions has improved in favor of good decisions. — Bitter Crank
Pardon me tim, but I am of age, have served my community, am college educated and continuing on with further formal education, have passed the testing given and I voted for Trump. Suffice it to say that your suggestions would not have given our election a different outcome as I am proof of that.Maybe a combination of age, service, and education and testing. Why not? Maybe with educated voters we wouldn't have got the orange pig. — tim wood
I am still not sure that the Democrats have gotten over the failure to even think about where things went wrong. The first step is to admit you have a problem and the DNC as recent as Friday still believes in their heart of hearts that President Trump is not really OUR president and the resistance continues.And those who fail would have sometinhg to think about. — tim wood
I don't think that the age requirements should be abolished, I just think that they should be based on some form of scientific data and as far as I can see, they aren't. Is there any history I'm missing? What criteria should these laws be based on? — MonfortS26
? :chin: What part of your post is in agreement with science? — Athena
I don't believe that such things should at all hinge on age. They should hinge on ability. — Terrapin Station
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