If the age of criminal responsibility is ten, why do we need to be eighteen years of ages before we can vote?
"Common sense" tells us that after our tenth birthday we should be held accountable for our actions, yet "common sense" also tells us that we aren't accountable for our vote until we are eighteen. In the eight years between these two dates, we are presumably accountable for actions that we take that affect others and yet not accountable for actions that we take that affect others.
I'm confused.
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By the age of ten it does not seem too much to ask that we are aware that stealing someone's bike is a Bad Thing.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I'd leave it a few more years to expect that one is also aware of the organisation and mechanics of both local and national government, fiscal policy, trade unions, social security and foreign policy.
It only seems fair.
I agree, it does only seem fair. But it's unfair.
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