tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post2487665177961425855..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Child MattersDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-25637576797361369452009-04-20T16:54:00.000+01:002009-04-20T16:54:00.000+01:00I've been busy with the "we are here to be bailed ...I've been busy with the "we are here to be bailed out, not to pay tax" brigade elsewhere.<br /><br />We are stuck with 18. That is not a reason to make matters worse.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-73084880765173931412009-04-20T16:42:00.000+01:002009-04-20T16:42:00.000+01:00Not like you to give other people the last word.Not like you to give other people the last word.Walpolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-1311727715734908462009-04-20T16:02:00.000+01:002009-04-20T16:02:00.000+01:00David, even now the electorate consists of people ...David, even now the electorate consists of people who are "clever" - Head Teachers, doctors etc. - and people who, for example, left school at 16 for a career in unskilled labour. No-one - no-one at all - is suggesting that Head Teachers currently need extra votes to reflect their superior wisdom; why would it be different if we let 16 year-olds vote?Pittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-29645300559776363092009-04-20T15:58:00.000+01:002009-04-20T15:58:00.000+01:00"no one seriously imagines that the opinion of a 1..."no one seriously imagines that the opinion of a 16-year-old matters as much as that of his Head Teacher, or his doctor, or his mother"<br /><br />Do you think the opinion of an 18 year old matters as much as that of his head teacher or his doctor or his mother?Sauthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-84595324774744416312009-04-20T14:20:00.000+01:002009-04-20T14:20:00.000+01:00Quite so.
Note that you and I may know that the d...Quite so.<br /><br />Note that you and I may know that the driving age is 17, but Every Child Matters does not.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-45676520849358982192009-04-20T02:10:00.000+01:002009-04-20T02:10:00.000+01:00I suppose finding out that people vote disproporti...I suppose finding out that people vote disproportionately Tory is as good a reason not to extend the franchise.<br />The logic of that is of course that we consider people to old to vote (and disproportionately Tory) by disenfranchising people over 65...especially if they live in Bournemouth.<br />To be serious, if we have an arbitrary age...then 18 is about right (especially if your suggestion that the age of consent be raised and personally I am in favour of raising driving age to 18).<br />Indeed I think we should standardise these things at 18. Which also means that I would restrict 18 year olds from serving in military zones.<br /><br />The curious thing (usually) about MOST people who dont want the franchise extended is that they would REALLY like it further restricted and would always have been against "reform" (womens votes, property votes, votes at 18)JohnJGMooneynoreply@blogger.com