The ability to make decisions varies so widely from person to person. At 12 years old, I was responsible for caring for my younger siblings, handling all the household chores and cooking, and helping my dad run his business.
The question for me is should someone that young have to make those decisions. I married at 16. At the time, I thought I knew what I was doing, and was mature enough to decide my own fate. In retrospect, I wish someone would have stopped me, and insisted that I stay in school and have the rest of my childhood. I would have had a much better life. So my criteria would be: finish high school and experience life before you are allowed to made decisions that will impact your entire future. So, I would say, at minimum, 18 - not for biological reasons, but just to have the life experience necessary to make not just decisions, but informed decisions. On 11/22/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh, as usual, I have no idea what you're talking about. > > The question is: at what point does a child become capable of making > adult decisions? In my opinion that's about 18, but I could go as > high as 22. 12 is too low. And the only criteria is biology. > > Now that we've roughly defined 'adult' we can say that, at that point, > the government has no place in their private lives. > > A ban on Gay marriage is such an intrusion of Government agents into > private lives and so I oppose it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183870 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
