ProgressiveCON
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It would appear in society, that discrimination on the basis of age, especially when it comes to youth (rather than against the elderly) is constitutional and widely accepted as proper.
For example, the law assumes, that all individuals under the age of 18 years old, is too stupid to consent to activities. Parents need to sign off on field trips, you can't smoke, you can't drink, you can't have consensual sex, you can't watch R rated movies, you can't gamble, join the military, ect.
It isn't judge on the merits of the individual person, but rather a broad stroke forbids many activities for the young. I understand the argument, that the young is just too immature, stupid, or ect., to engage in the activity, but that isn't true for all young people, even if it is true for a lot.
Why does society for the most part, tolerate a discrimination on the basis of age?
There are 16 year olds that are far more mature, intelligent, and capable of impulse control than 40 year olds, and yet those 40 year olds will have far greater rights to engage in activities on the sole basis of their age.
For example, the law assumes, that all individuals under the age of 18 years old, is too stupid to consent to activities. Parents need to sign off on field trips, you can't smoke, you can't drink, you can't have consensual sex, you can't watch R rated movies, you can't gamble, join the military, ect.
It isn't judge on the merits of the individual person, but rather a broad stroke forbids many activities for the young. I understand the argument, that the young is just too immature, stupid, or ect., to engage in the activity, but that isn't true for all young people, even if it is true for a lot.
Why does society for the most part, tolerate a discrimination on the basis of age?
There are 16 year olds that are far more mature, intelligent, and capable of impulse control than 40 year olds, and yet those 40 year olds will have far greater rights to engage in activities on the sole basis of their age.
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