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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court to consider whether Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo deserves new sentencing [View all]mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)While we're at it, we should also change the age of consent to 16 to have sex with anyone of any age, or to appear in porn or work in strip clubs. To join the military and to sign other enforceable contracts. To buy cigs. To not lose your license til you're 18 for getting caught with alcohol. To sign your own notes for absences for school. Hell, to drop out of school. Or to get married.
Oh what's that? The people arguing for turning 16 into the age of adulthood ... didn't mean for ALL THAT, which should really all logically 'follow' if we're being consistent about what constitutes 'Adulthood'?
Shocking.
No one should be legally charged as a adult until they are 18, IMHO. Either you're an adult, with attending rights and privileges, or you're NOT.