Voting rights urged for 16 and 17 year olds in UK

[Jaspa]

Vote quietly then? Oh, and it's you're, not your.

Perhaps some kind of basic literacy test before being allowed to vote?

Oh i didnt know i was being graded for every word i type into this forum.

Why do people on this forum jump onto any mistake made by anyone with under 2000 posts. I could type in everything that i need to say in perfectly... but i could be in a rush, or doing something instead of scouring a forum for the tiniest mistake someones made to quickly jump on it and take the p*ss.

If you can read it and make sence of what ive wrote dont bother commenting on my vocabulary or literacy skills because its a forum on the internet, my spelling doesnt impact anything anywhere.

Sorry about that guys, just pointless arguement starters really get on my nerves.

Back to the subject, 17 year olds can be used in active service if they are needed for a major war meening they still have a chance of putting their life on the line to defend this country and that should give them the ability to vote.

Most 16-17 year olds havnt made up their minds on politics though and they probably wouldnt vote anyway. I dont think that dropping the voting age will have that much of an impact, but not changing it wouldnt hurt anything and its more of the point that adults vote, not kids. so its a very tricky issue with lots of pros and cons, im sure a governmental panel will view it and decide on if it should be dropped.

[Houdini Logic]

I'm 15 and think this would be a bad idea. Just walking around my school there's BNP graffited on walls and desks and things. These kids don't know who and why to vote for someone, they just hear somebody say something and they follow suit. Don't get me wrong, i don't have the slightest clue about politics and wouldn't vote even if i was allowed. But there's some morons who would vote for BNP because they think it might be cool thing to do. We're still kids at the end of the day and we'll still believe whatever we're told.

Though you are disproving your own point by being a sensible, socially aware 15 year old.

I do think you're right though, and I'm turning to the idea that under 18's shouldn't have the vote.

[Daggers]

its a forum on the internet

If you have that piece of understanding nailed then why bother getting the arseache if someone takes the piss? It's only going to open you up to more pisstaking.

[Jaspa]

If you have that piece of understanding nailed then why bother getting the arseache if someone takes the piss? It's only going to open you up to more pisstaking.

Because il be over conscious everytime i type something in here. And the only way you can stop these people doing it is by pointing it out and hopefully turning them into the ones being ridiculed so they dont bother again.

[Richard]

Though you are disproving your own point by being a sensible, socially aware 15 year old.

I do think you're right though, and I'm turning to the idea that under 18's shouldn't have the vote.

Thanks Houdini

[Daggers]

...by pointing it out and hopefully turning them into the ones being ridiculed so they dont bother again.

Fat chance.

(And capitalise your personal pronouns )

[AoWW]

Fat chance.

(And capitalise your personal pronouns )

You forgot to point out the missing apostrophe in 'dont'. Slacking, Mr Kempes, slacking.

[FoxyPV]

Though you are disproving your own point by being a sensible, socially aware 15 year old.

I do think you're right though, and I'm turning to the idea that under 18's shouldn't have the vote.

lol

There's an 'L' and an apostrophe missing in "I'll" too, Mr Kempes

[Daggers]

You forgot to point out the missing apostrophe in 'dont'. Slacking, Mr Kempes, slacking.

Pointing out multiple errors is as bad as marking in red.

[Guest]

Back to the subject, 17 year olds can be used in active service if they are needed for a major war meening they still have a chance of putting their life on the line to defend this country and that should give them the ability to vote.

For the umpteenth time, no they can't.

The UK signed up to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvment of Children in Armed Conflict. The Army did make the mistake of accidentally sending 17 year olds to Iraq between 2003 and 2005, and was criticised for it. I don't know of any other under 18s seeing active service following this "mistake".

[BoneDog]

Oh i didnt know i was being graded for every word i type into this forum.

Why do people on this forum jump onto any mistake made by anyone with under 2000 posts. I could type in everything that i need to say in perfectly... but i could be in a rush, or doing something instead of scouring a forum for the tiniest mistake someones made to quickly jump on it and take the p*ss.

If you can read it and make sence of what ive wrote dont bother commenting on my vocabulary or literacy skills because its a forum on the internet, my spelling doesnt impact anything anywhere.

Sorry about that guys, just pointless arguement starters really get on my nerves.

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