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To: James Seagrove who wrote (623028)	1/23/2017 2:31:21 PM
From: Maurice Winn	5 Recommendations Recommended By AJ Muckenfus James Seagrove lightshipsailor sm1th Stan Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793895

22 isn't really a "kid". It's about time the delayed adulthood and staying infantile of recent decades was stopped. <<I know a kid that went into a shop and swiped a pack of gum during a riot. >> People in their 40s are now acting as though they are 14. After puberty, people can reasonably be treated as adults in most respects. If they do adult things, they should expect adult consequences. Voting at 18, drinking alcohol, working, driving vehicles, being a soldier, these are adult activities requiring adult brain function. When I was 18, we got the vote at 18 introduced to New Zealand - which surprised me as I thought it would be hard to get. But decades later I realized that the political party in power at the time would benefit from young ignorant people voting as they traditionally vote communist/LLL. That's how I started out, quickly shifting to a less government ideology as I saw the reality of what governments do. Now I'm in favour of raising the voting age to 40 or maybe 30. If adulthood is not until then, then voting should match the gaining of adulthood. Having "kids" of 22 voting is a bad idea. Mqurice