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The legal age for enlisting in the military is 18 in the US; as is voting. But the legal drinking
age is 21. A curious thing to do, no? If an American can sign his or her life away in service to the
country and can select his or her representatives, why can't they have a beer, too? I believe that
raising the enlistment and voting age to match that of the drinking age would be more effective than
lowering the drinking age. First-time voters would be better informed and potential soldiers would
have a clearer idea of what they are signing up for.
In the case of signing up for the military to pay for college: Yes this may be detrimental, but that
only means that this would have to be accompanied by better financial care. |
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After making some proper thinking process, my opinion does not go to the support of this topic.
According to my thinking the voting and the Military enlistment age should not be raised in US.
While a person is said to be adult in an age of 18 why should not he be taken as a positive voter or
as a soldier? After passing through this 18 years age obligation one can do anything what he wants.
He can smoke, can live and choose his life according to his own way of choosing. Then why should not
he be called as a matured person in the age of 18? If a person is stated not to join the US Military
and allowed not to give the vote is proved to be an idiocy, a foolishly deed and nothing else. |
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I don't think the answer should be to raise the voting age. I follow politics pretty closely, and I
look forward to the day I can vote. I will definitely be mature enough to make an educated decision
on who I want to represent to lead my country.
I mean you could argue the answer would be to lower the drinking age. The problem is, there IS a
huuuuugeee difference between drunk driving accidents between minors and people over 21. This is
important because if you start driving at 17..you will have 4 years of experience behind the wheel
before you should legally drink alcohol. Inexperienced drivers, mixed with alcoholic substances
create major accidents.
So yeah the question is what do we allow? I don't think the drinking age should be lowered legally
(even though obviously like 90% of people try alcohol before they turn 21) And I don't think the
voting age should be raised. I do think soldiers definitely should be able to relax and have a beer
if they are out serving our country. Maybe an exception could be made to the US military. I don't
know if that would then erupt a lot of controversial arguments. I guess I'll think about it. |
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Several adults aren't mature or smart enough to properly vote, while others who are below the voting
age know more on the system and the politicians than those above the age. I don't think it should be
restrained to anyone age, but the abilities of a single person. |
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Younger soldiers make better cannon fodder than older ones. They are used to being told what to do
by their parents and school teachers. So they just mindlessly obey their superiors like zombies.
From a military perspective, that can be a good thing. Older soldiers tend to ask awkward questions
like "If we're supposed to be liberating this village, how come we just killed half the people in
it?"
It does seem fair that all the key age-based permissions should be received at the same time, though
: Voting, having sex, drinking alcohol, joining the military. Citizens should be able to do any of
these things at the age of 16 in my view. |
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01 Feb 2008 03:56
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