If we are to allow these children "young offenders" to vote then they are responsible adults and the law should be changed accordingly when they commit a crime. You will be tried as an adult. Would that go over well? Of course not.
You make some excellent points in your speech....while I agree with many of them, I am not sure that I support your conclusion.
I believe that it is important that young women and men are engaged with the political world and it seems likely to me that the best way to make that happen is through the schools. It would need to be part of the high school curriculum and to be effective I feel that the students would need to be able to vote. You are correct that quite a few of the young voters would be immature and make decisions for reasons that may well be silly, but as there are no shortage of adults that do the same, I think it likely that the good would outweigh the harm.
It would need to be done carefully and to address the many excellent questions that you have raised.
If we are to allow these children "young offenders" to vote then they are responsible adults and the law should be changed accordingly when they commit a crime. You will be tried as an adult. Would that go over well? Of course not.
Re: Voting Age
You make some excellent points in your speech....while I agree with many of them, I am not sure that I support your conclusion.
I believe that it is important that young women and men are engaged with the political world and it seems likely to me that the best way to make that happen is through the schools. It would need to be part of the high school curriculum and to be effective I feel that the students would need to be able to vote. You are correct that quite a few of the young voters would be immature and make decisions for reasons that may well be silly, but as there are no shortage of adults that do the same, I think it likely that the good would outweigh the harm.
It would need to be done carefully and to address the many excellent questions that you have raised.
Catherine Brown