Your biology reasoning is flawed. I'm not a direct expert on the brain, but it seems to me that if the body is capable of reproduction, then isn't it reasonable that the mind should be as well?
The brain itself is perfectly capable of dealing with such things at very early ages. We just don't, we let "kids be kids" We don't give them any responsibilities until they are 18, and then we give them all of the responsibilities at once. Of course a 16 year old kid in the American culture isn't able to make that choice, because we've shielded them from having to even think about it until the very last minute. Another thing that plays into this, is our live span has gone up. A 12 year old doesn't have to think about marriage any more. We live long enough that we have additional time to do other things, and our culture has adapted to that. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Good point. However, I'd still say those are cultural points and mine > is biological: a 12 year old is not yet mature enough to make a well > reasoned decision. > > Now, for *cultural* reasons, you may choose to override the biological > facts, but you don't invalidate them. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183869 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
