should kids get to vote?

aol news ^ | Sept. 17 2003 | Geraldine Sealey

[Woahhs]

This french clown wannabe keeps hammering on the word "subjective" because if he lets go, there are not two ideas left to rub together

This guy is one of those car wrecks you just can't help but rubber-neck. In the past, he has demonstrated complete obliviousness to anything that doesn't support his view. He's fascinating in that he really seems like a true, bright, conservative that suffers from the liberal's burden of not being able to distinguish what he likes from what is good, right, and proper.

Besides, some people just deserve a little fertilizer smeared on 'em.

[meyer]

I think we ought to raise the voting age to 21 - It seems to me that the majority of college-aged students tend to vote for whatever the professor tells them.

[meyer]

So, who's running for Mayor? Britney Spears or Eminem?

You've said quite a bit with only a few words. You accurately depict the mindset of the teenager, and thus the reason that they shouldn't vote. They simply aren't mature enough to make coherent decisions of such importance (though the same can probably be said about most democrats).

[meyer]

I think that if you cannot successfully punch a hole in a sheet of paper, you should not be allowed to vote.

Something in the back of my mind keeps telling me that there weren't any real problems punching a hole in a single piece of paper - the problem was when someone(s) tried to punch a hole through several sheets of paper at the same time. :)

[meyer]

If they tried this here, the U.S. would be a nation run by Mormons, Catholics, and welfare queens!

It already is - well, 2 out of 3 anyway.

[meyer]

I can only guess there was some sort of grand and meritorious reason for it, such as the possibility that the governing powers could somehow force people into illiteracy, and effectively deny them the vote.

Ironically, some of our public schools could potentially be driving people into illiteracy.

[meyer]

So which is worse--policy dictated by the mob--which, incidentally, is still subject to check by the judiciary (in theory, at least), or policy dictated by a authoritarian leader who does not subject himself to a meaningful election?

Well, policy dictated by the constitution would be nice, though it seems to be a losing proposition these days.