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| 2021-06-22 | |
President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowering the voting age to 18. Now we are hearing calls for 16 year old to vote. | |
| Posted by:NN2N1 |
| #6 The dimension of space and time, represented by what is transpiring in the here and now, is all that we will ever know. Unlike the continuum of perpetual time and infinite space, everything that we know will experience disruption, dissolution, disintegration, dismemberment, and death. The inevitability of our ending represents the tragic comedy of life. Much of our needless suffering emanates from resisting our impermanence rather than embracing our fate. Only through acceptance of the events and situations that occur in a person's life including suffering, and by releasing our attachments, will a person ever experience enlightenment. — Kilroy J. Oldster |
| Posted by: Chesney B. Hayes2826 2021-06-22 20:29 |
| #5 By dropping the voting age the State or Nation Emancipated all citizens at the age of 18 years old. All contracts were now possible ; buy a house, car, enlist in the military, become a licensed business person, run for public office, etc. |
| Posted by: Chesney B. Hayes2826 2021-06-22 20:08 |
| #4 16-18 years old can graduate from high school 16-21 years old "get your adult compass bearings ☼ " and set sail to adulthood. Adult Adulthood, the period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as beginning at age 20 or 21 years. Middle age, commencing at about 40 years, is followed by old age at about 60 years. Emancipation Emancipation is a legal way for children to become adults before they are 18. Once a child is emancipated, his or her parents do not have custody or control of him or her anymore. Emancipation is usually forever. But the court can cancel the emancipation if the minor asking for the emancipation lies to the court or is no longer able to support himself or herself. If you are emancipated, you can do some things without your parent’s permission, like: Get medical care; Apply for a work permit; Sign up for school or college; and Live where you want to. |
| Posted by: Chesney B. Hayes2826 2021-06-22 19:58 |
| #3 I would agree with Abu. There needs to be a set limit on things. This 18-21 stretch to "adulthood" is fucking retarded. One age to drink, vote and go to war. That is adulthood. End of fucking story. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-06-22 16:24 |
| #2 I was in favor of the 18-year-old vote in 1970 because I didn't think it was right to send young men to fight for democracy when those same young men were not allowed to vote. I thought young men who are being required to fight in a war should have a say in whether or not that war should even be fought. Today's 16-year-olds face no such set of circumstances. The justifiable fear is that today's 16-year-olds have been subjected to indoctrination by teachers' union operatives. They need time in the working world so they can see reality before they vote. You might even say the same for 18-year-olds since the draft is no longer in effect. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-06-22 15:33 |
| #1 Correction: We are now hearing calls for 16-year olds to vote Democratic. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-06-22 13:05 |