I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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      Swearing won’t make your argument stronger. It’s just rude.

      My comment wasn’t in relation to child marriages. That is wrong and illegal in most countries. The debate is because an American doesn’t really understand the context in other countries.

      Here in the UK, age of consent is 16. Most have already been at stuff at 14, 15 etc. All raising age does is punish 17 year olds getting busy. A 16 and 17 year old had sex in Dubai, both from the UK where it is legal. He got locked up when her mum reported it. It’ll just create criminal records for young folk and you know it’ll not be enforced with white youths. Just another way to swell the prison population.

      US are weirdly prudish when it comes to sex yet award ceremonies and the young are watching the celebs walk in in see through clothes. Truly baffling to outside observers.

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      I think they were refering to the drinking age. It’s beyond fucking stupid you need to be 21 to drink in the US.

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        That’s our own fault though. The number 1 demographic causing drunk driving accidents was people 18 to 21. Making it so that they couldn’t drink in bars made them more likely to stay home to drink.

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          It makes more sense (in my opinion) to require you to be 21 to drive a car. Cars are fucking death traps.