Comments on: Age of sound judgment: a letter to the Washington Post

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 16 May 2018 20:37:39 +0000

I think the obvious conclusion is that the Post, correctly?, views voting as far less important than marriage, drinking, etc. After all, voting is a mere ritual, meaningless at the individual level, yet bestowing societal esteem on the participant. So the Post sees voting in this context as similar to giving out participation awards in high school. Plus it yields more circuses for the hoi polloi, which the Post no doubt values.

By: Darrell R

Darrell R — Tue, 15 May 2018 01:16:01 +0000

Congratulations on identifying the inconsistency in the Post’s own editorials.

By: cecil

cecil — Mon, 14 May 2018 13:31:07 +0000

I always wondered why the 18 – 20 crowd didn’t band together and kick those fellas out of office that raised the drinking age… After all, they could leverage their youth and excess of “spare time” to do a bang up lobbying effort.
But a 16 year old can operate motor vehicles, their lethality has been proven, so why not let them vote to raise taxes again for better roads… and maybe higher teacher pay. Then the 16 – 20 demographic can lobby for drinking age reform. And maybe even legalized recreational marijuana…

By: Hugo S Cunningham

Hugo S Cunningham — Mon, 14 May 2018 04:22:27 +0000

Lower the voting age to 5. Lego and Hershey’s could be given cabinet rank. A bailout could be arranged for Toys “Ya” Us. And the US Navy could be tasked to rescue Santa and his elves from the threat of polar melting..