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A comment on Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy. Parent comment

Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy by consilient on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:39PM (#36411059)
> 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.

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Re:Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy by watwut on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:38PM (#36411697)
And in fact, in Germany they have that legal right. Reality is that these lines are not universal.
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