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Post by kokonutwoman on Jun 22, 2007 10:06:55 GMT 12
...interesting. What say you intelligent people?
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Post by scruffy1nz on Jun 22, 2007 18:02:43 GMT 12
damn stupid i thinks - most are still kids at 16 and only a few are mature enuff to think about more than themselves.
there is nothing wrong with the way the system is now - well apart form the idiots in charge this century.
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Post by fishmuffagain on Jun 22, 2007 18:05:54 GMT 12
against it totally,
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Post by maire on Jun 22, 2007 18:56:36 GMT 12
No put it up to 20 and put the drinking age up to 20 too.
 >:(I don't know what Jenny Shipley & National thought they were doing when they lowered it. Apart from getting them votes, it has been a disaster.
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Post by toerag on Jun 22, 2007 19:40:50 GMT 12
Old argument, If I can get my driver's license at 15, married at 16. die for me country at 17 and 18 and drink why can't I vote?
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Post by Lux on Jun 23, 2007 9:16:55 GMT 12
Because going out on a Saturday night after filching petrol money off your parents (which by the way does not constitute fighting a war though it might seem like a warzone especially if you arrive home with a speeding ticket) to meet your girlfriend/boyfriend for a night of booze and debauchary, does not give you the right to decide for the rest of the nation who should Govern the Country for at least the next 3 years, especially since you haven't made any plans which go past next Saturday nights adventures.
Seriously though I don't like teenagers so that is the reason for my propangadist statement above...the real reason teenagers shouldn't get the vote...easy...I don't like them! ;D
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Post by Lux on Jun 23, 2007 9:37:54 GMT 12
 That was a bit harsh...I do like them on rare occassions...a little bit...sorta.
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Post by caz23 on Jun 23, 2007 10:58:00 GMT 12
Bad idea.
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Post by yollie on Jun 23, 2007 19:11:58 GMT 12
I think most 16 year olds wouldn't even want to vote!! Most of them aren't interested in the slightest about politics, they have no idea what its all about!! Here in Holland you're not allowed to drive until 18 either and in all honesty I think thats a good thing too. Of course our roads are much busier and there is good public transport. And almost everyone has a bike!  |
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jun 25, 2007 8:24:09 GMT 12
That was a bit harsh...I do like them on rare occassions...a little bit...sorta. True is that. I'm with you Lux. I too like them rarely...when they're quite and not moaning. |
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Post by Lux on Jun 25, 2007 19:03:55 GMT 12
hehehe... but we luv them really!...don't we?  |
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jun 25, 2007 19:06:01 GMT 12
yeah we do ;D
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Post by yollie on Jun 26, 2007 4:09:43 GMT 12
lol me too (especially when they're sleeping, lol)
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Post by jadzie on Jun 28, 2007 17:59:42 GMT 12
bad idea. i'm nearly 25 and i barely trust myself with voting!! I agree with Yollie, i sincerely doubt they'd be very interested!!
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Post by crheas on Jun 28, 2007 20:26:11 GMT 12
surprisingly... i was more inclined to vote when i was 16 than now. back then I was too stupid to realize that no one running is worth be dumping in a bag and sending to them in the mail...
now, when i vote... i feel horrible, no matter which way i go... its normally well, who is the less terrifying pick...
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Post by Lux on Jun 28, 2007 22:42:01 GMT 12
or prick...as the case maybe |
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jun 29, 2007 0:31:51 GMT 12
Here's a funny voting story
When I voted for the first time my father asked me who I was voting for. He was a labour man through and through and I refused to tell him. Anyway Nation won that year and my father blamed me, like my little wee vote mattered. (I didn't vote for either of them).
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jul 23, 2007 9:15:11 GMT 12
Updated: NZ Herald - Mike Houlahan
Summary
Respondents Herald-DigiPoll have rejected Sue Bradford proposal, 91.3 rejected and
6.8 Support.
"Ms Bradford will still enter her member's bill to the ballot. The bill, if drawn from the ballot and then passed by Parliament, would not only lower the voting age but make civics education compulsory.
"Other political parties have expressed doubt about lowering the voting age."
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That was a bit harsh...I do like them on rare occassions...a little bit...sorta. 
