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Originally Posted by Ammi
..yeah indeed, Jack...and I think the thing with this as well is that many 16yr olds are going to show an apathy for the reason that they aren't eligible to vote../the two kind of go together to a large degree as well...we can only engage them more by including them and not excluding them..I think that whatever someone's age, they wouldn't engage so much in any interest in politics if they new that their voice wasn't going to be heard, you know...so it's like a vicious circle thing really ...or maybe more a contradictory thing of saying..16yr olds are not interested in politics while excluding them from politics and so reducing their interest ..  ..even at primary school level, children engage much more with what they're included in, like electing house captains and councillors etc ../a no brainer type thing.... |
Absolutely, this is a post filled with good and reasoned points all though in my view.