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Paul 21-05-2023 16:17

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36152275)
What miraculous change happens between one second before midnight on the day before their 18th birthday and one second after midnight on the day of their birthday that changes that person from a child to an adult?

Thats an nonsense argument since it can equally be applied to any age limit, for any activity.

Hugh 21-05-2023 17:18

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36152324)
Thats an nonsense argument since it can equally be applied to any age limit, for any activity.

That was my point…

Paul 21-05-2023 20:30

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36152337)
That was my point…

Your point was to post nonsense :confused: Ok ...

Pierre 21-05-2023 22:18

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36152275)
What miraculous change happens between one second before midnight on the day before their 18th birthday and one second after midnight on the day of their birthday that changes that person from a child to an adult?

(Speaking as one someone who joined up when I was 17)

The voting age was changed from 21 to 18 in 1969 - did "maturity" suddenly change overnight then?

Give the the zygote the vote. Perhaps they’ll vote not to get killed in the womb!

Did human life suddenly change? One second to midnight it’s just a cluster of cells, one second after midnight it’s a baby.

Very tricky line of reasoning……………

Hugh 21-05-2023 22:30

Re: Voter ID
 
Unlike you to make an extremely unlikely proposition to make a point…

(btw, it takes a couple of weeks, rather than a couple of seconds, for the zygote to implant and develop into an embryo within the blastocyst, but besides that, and their lack of photo ID, cool story, bro…).

OB seemed to be trying to say that people aged 17 years and 364 days (365 in a Leap Year) were children, but suddenly, a couple of seconds after midnight, they were then adults and capable of the responsibility to vote, trying to seemingly make that point to show that sixteen year olds weren’t responsible enough to get the vote - I was trying to (but obviously not very well) highlight the fallacious nature of that assumption by showing that voting age has evolved over time (as in, it’s not that simple…).

Pierre 21-05-2023 23:14

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36152363)
it’s not that simple….

Here endith the lesson…………

OLD BOY 22-05-2023 19:53

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36152363)
Unlike you to make an extremely unlikely proposition to make a point…

(btw, it takes a couple of weeks, rather than a couple of seconds, for the zygote to implant and develop into an embryo within the blastocyst, but besides that, and their lack of photo ID, cool story, bro…).

OB seemed to be trying to say that people aged 17 years and 364 days (365 in a Leap Year) were children, but suddenly, a couple of seconds after midnight, they were then adults and capable of the responsibility to vote, trying to seemingly make that point to show that sixteen year olds weren’t responsible enough to get the vote - I was trying to (but obviously not very well) highlight the fallacious nature of that assumption by showing that voting age has evolved over time (as in, it’s not that simple…).

You forgot to mention that I pointed out to you that you had totally missed the point. The point was that legislation should be consistent and joined up.

Paul 22-05-2023 21:19

Re: Voter ID
 
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36152440)
The point was that legislation should be consistent and joined up.

Since when has that ever been the case.


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