What's going on here? Campaign anonymity rule thrown out
Xerographica: You don't support allowing children to vote because they are incompetent?
megaprogman: If my boys could vote, they would vote for darth vader (I just asked them). If my daughter could vote, it would be for a disney princess.
Xerographica: Are you saying that if kids could vote then we would end up with either darth vader or a disney princess as our president?
What if...?: It becomes a possibility.
megaprogman: Not likely since they are not real people, the votes would just be voided.
Not likely? Heh.
If you ask enough adults why kids shouldn't be allowed to vote...then you'll understand what Churchill meant when he said that the best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with your average voter. Well...unless you happen to be an average voter yourself. In that case, then you'll think that the average voter's arguments against kids voting merely confirm your own arguments against kids voting.
Would there be any ridiculous consequences of allowing children to vote? Not if you understand the concept of tyranny of the majority. What's a ridiculous consequence anyways? How about prohibition? Was that a ridiculous consequence? Was that a good reason why women shouldn't have been allowed to vote?
Xerographica: You don't support allowing women to vote because they are incompetent?
megaprogman: If my wife could vote, she would vote for alcohol to be illegal (I just asked her)
Xerographica: Are you saying that if women could vote then we would end up with prohibition?
What if...?: It becomes a possibility.
megaprogman: Not likely since they are not real people, the votes would just be voided.
That people believe there's a problem with allowing kids to vote...clearly indicates that there is not.
In related news...check out my arguments against personal shoppers for public goods...What's Wrong With a Representative Democracy? What do you think? Are my arguments so good or no good?
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