03-11-2018, 04:29 PM
(03-11-2018, 10:13 AM)David Horn Wrote:Hmm. Blue voting and blue politics seem to be more driven by emotion and more reliant upon emotion. I see a lot of emotion being used in politics on the left side. I see political gatherings that remind me of pep rally's associated with my youth/ younger days. I've seen airheads and idiots who didn't seem to understand or recognize the seriousness of the issues at hand or the issues that were at stake at the time.(03-10-2018, 03:50 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-10-2018, 02:25 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: It's that more of them are "that way" when they are younger. That's true with drinking as well, and smoking, and driving, running for office, etc. That's why there are age limits. Some younger people can handle things quite well that they are prohibited from doing, but others can't. It's worth it to set these limits, if it saves lives. That's what this is about, and that's what these Y/Z cuspers are saying after their friends were massacred-- even if it means that they themselves could not buy an AR-15 when they get to be 18. They don't want an AR-15; they'd much rather that more young people didn't die because of them.
How about voting and all other adult activities? How about senior citizens like you and Dave and Nancy P? You and Dave have made a good case for excluding them (yourselves) too. Nancy doesn't seem rational or unbiased enough to be making decisions for me or making decisions that either include me or directly involve me. You don't seem rational enough, educated enough, knowledgeable enough, unbiased enough to be making those kinds of decisions for me either.
Actually, voting is one area that youth are actually better prepared than their elders, because it's less emotional to begin with. That's the point of pushing for the vote for 16 year olds. Personally, I'm not sold on voting at 16, but I'm not totally opposed either.