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Re: Reform UK's chronicles
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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
It depends on where the 'experts' decide your age means you're not a kid, but a young adult . . 15, 16, 18, 21 . . ??

oh, and responsible, for what that's worth
Yes I would agree with you, legally a person becomes an adult with full ‘autonomy’ at 18. But it is understood that an individual doesn’t instantly change from a child to a full adult on a particular day.

Young adult is vague, probably rightly so, so can’t have a hard and fast line. So yes a 17 year old can join the armed forces, but not sent into a combat zone, a 16 year old can legally have sex with a partner but not appear in a porn video for others to watch; or indeed view porn, (which does seem slightly odd, you can do it but not see it; but OK I’ll run with it).

Yes, I agree the various ages are somewhat arbitrary, but you can’t do much else.
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