Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy
by alphanullmeric on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:58PM
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No it isn’t. You don’t get to cherry pick the scenarios that someone will be considered an adult for. Either you’re an adult or you aren’t, and “you’re an adult when it’s politically favourable to me” is not an acceptable compromise. I get the impression that you’d be the same type of person to defend the patriot act if it was made about tax evasion instead of terrorism.
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Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy
by consilient on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:39PM
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> You don’t get to cherry pick the scenarios that someone will be considered an adult for.
But we do get to pick and choose which privileges we extend to minors, and when. A 16 year old has no legal right to consume alcohol, but that only means that we can ban them from doing so, not that we have to.
Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy
by watwut on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:38PM
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And in fact, in Germany they have that legal right. Reality is that these lines are not universal.
Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy
by watwut on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:37PM
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> You don’t get to cherry pick the scenarios that someone will be considered an adult for.
That is absurd claim. We in fact do get to chery pick scenarios in which someone is mature enough for X and not yet mature enough for Y. That isbjust simple logic, it is irrational to demand that different situations are treated the same.
Patriot act, taxes and terroris have literally zero to do with anything.