Current Events > At what age should you have ALL LEGAL ADULTS rights?

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What do you think now that science has proven you are a teenager until you are 25? ^_^

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18, never trust biased govt controlled scientists

Considering that I NEEDED my car to go to college when I was 17, I think it should be 18. We kinda see americans setting it as 21 as prude puritans here. We prefer knowing 18 gets drunk and give them a ride if needed than pretending they do not drink.
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Let. It. Go.

Please no one sing

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When I was 19 in the Army it really bothered me I couldn't just have a beer while sitting in a restaurant.
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In the 80s the drinking age was 18 in Florida I drank all I wanted legally back then

I'm okay with having a bit of a gap between 18 and 21 before they can go out drinking and go into casinos and clubs.

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Same age you can die for thia country. Either lower the drinking age or raise the age a person can get deployed to a war zone.

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Well firstly it should all be the same. If Im old enough to go to war Im old enough to have a beer.

18 or 21 works but they cant be separate. It needs to be one or the other for everything.


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SSJPurple posted...

Well firstly it should all be the same. If Im old enough to go to war Im old enough to have a beer.

18 or 21 works but they cant be separate. It needs to be one or the other for everything.

Yeah. If 21 I'm still fine with 18 year olds joining just let them train and do menial jobs till 21

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18 or 20 sounds good for getting the last ones; but I don't think they should all be given at the same age. Driving being the most obvious one to come to mind as "should be earlier than others".

(EDIT: And shortly after reading this I thought "18 or 20, but not 19?" and realised that there's no real reason 19 doesn't work too, beyond that it just sounds a bit weird to have it there due to it being an odd number that's currently often not legally significant age-wise.)

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mooreandrew58 posted...

Yeah. If 21 I'm still fine with 18 year olds joining just let them train and do menial jobs till 21

I'll probably have a lot of people disagree with me, but I think drinking age at 18 is fine, but military age being raised at 21 would be acceptable
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mooreandrew58 posted...

Same age you can die for thia country. Either lower the drinking age or raise the age a person can get deployed to a war zone.

SSJPurple posted...

Well firstly it should all be the same. If Im old enough to go to war Im old enough to have a beer.

18 or 21 works but they cant be separate. It needs to be one or the other for everything.

I'm all for raising the military age too. Why are we recruiting high schoolers to go to war started by old people?

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The moment you're old enough to die for your country is the moment you should get full legal adult rights.

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KStateKing17 posted...

I'm all for raising the military age too. Why are we recruiting high schoolers to go to war started by old people?

Because you're far more aware of the screwjob you're in once you start approaching mid/late 20s.

Also you probably have no money at that age and you've been drilled that YOU NEED COLLEGE ITS THE ONE AND ONLY EAY TO SUCCEED so a recruiter tell you that someone will pay for your college fees...

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25, what do rental car companies know that we dont?

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epik_fail1 posted...

I'll probably have a lot of people disagree with me, but I think drinking age at 18 is fine, but military age being raised at 21 would be acceptable

As a father, I would worry much more about my kids being in the military than drinking (or having sex), so I agree with you

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This one-note dude has less topic variety than Vegy (Veg at least posts tits). Why does CE feed him every single time.

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If you are old enough to serve in the military you are old enough to have all other adult rights.

Though I would have no problem with raising the age to serve to 21


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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

25, what do rental car companies know that we dont?

What do you mean? Do you need to be 25 in the U.S.A to rent?
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epik_fail1 posted...

What do you mean? Do you need to be 25 in the U.S.A to rent?

Renting a car from the major companies

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bsp77 posted...

Renting a car from the major companies

Oh. I live in the 2 provinces who choose 18 as renting age. I did not even know other provinces set it at 20.

My bad. It's probably due to young drivers more likely to be involved in accidents
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At whatever age you are considered old enough to be charged as an adult in a court of law. If you are going to charge a 14 year old as an adult, then guess what? If you think 14 is to young to be considered an adult, THEN DONT FUCKING CHARGE THEM AS ONE.

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IIRC, raising the drinking age to 21 has considerably reduced the auto fatality rate. It might seem bizarre you can vote and join the army but not drink, but there is a logic behind separating a few of those adult rights.

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bsp77 posted...

As a father, I would worry much more about my kids being in the military than drinking (or having sex), so I agree with you

if they go Air Force or coast guard they will be safe

Geno4LoveGeno4L posted...

What do you think now that science has proven you are a teenager until you are 25? ^_^

Dont think you understand what a teenager is

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epik_fail1 posted...

What do you mean? Do you need to be 25 in the U.S.A to rent?

it used to be years ago I dont know the age now

A year younger than me.

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E_S_M_Z posted...

IIRC, raising the drinking age to 21 has considerably reduced the auto fatality rate. It might seem bizarre you can vote and join the army but not drink, but there is a logic behind separating a few of those adult rights.

That seems unlikely. Most countries have the legal drinking age at 18 and it's no more an issue than it is here. If there was an issue here with a lower drinking age, then it's more likely some other underlying cause.

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EmbraceOfDeath posted...

That seems unlikely. Most countries have the legal drinking age at 18 and it's no more an issue than it is here. If there was an issue here with a lower drinking age, then it's more likely some other underlying cause.

Well, it's what Uncle Sam claims, anyway, lol.
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm

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E_S_M_Z posted...

IIRC, raising the drinking age to 21 has considerably reduced the auto fatality rate. It might seem bizarre you can vote and join the army but not drink, but there is a logic behind separating a few of those adult rights.

Canada saw the same reduction rate as U.S.A in those years as well as most of the world.
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

I know what youre saying but you might want to rephrase that since science proves youre a teenager from 13-19

I don't think it's science. Just literally in the name of the age. Thirteen and so on

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epik_fail1 posted...

What do you mean? Do you need to be 25 in the U.S.A to rent?

You don't have to be 25. There is no actual law that says this, people just think there is. It is more a company policy thing that many of them do. You can rent a car at 18, you just might have to pay a surcharge based on your age for lack of driving experience.

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18. Honestly get it all out of the way instead of questioning whether you can rent a hotel at 20 or something

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Gamerguymass posted...

You don't have to be 25. There is no actual law that says this, people just think there is. It is more a company policy thing that many of them do. You can rent a car at 18, you just might have to pay a surcharge based on your age for lack of driving experience.

Oh it also work like it here.
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