The scandalous news today that Wales is to give 16 year olds the vote in council elections has caused a justified outcry among much older, wiser people who voted to quit the EU because of a big, red bus.
“It’s scandalous!” Reg Reg-Reg frothed,
“a sixteen year old is not mature enough to decide their future.
Why, some of them don’t even bother to read the side of a bus when deciding what to do [regarding complex economic and social changes].”
Reg Reg-Reg is not alone.
Millions of middle aged, and up, people this morning are considering starting a petition to turn back this clock too.
“Okay, they’re mature enough to decide at which university, being transformed financially along neocon ideological lines, they wish to gather £50K worth of debt at,” Reg conceded,
“They’re old enough to become an army cadet, setting themselves on a path to get blown up in some hellish conflict to celebrate being old enough to vote.
They’re even old enough to have sex legally and start a family as a consequence, as ill advised as that maybe, maybe not.
And they’re mature enough to be able to legally drive a moped, this taking their own life in their hands on the roads, and potentially causing an accident, or not, involving people of voting age.
But I’ll be buggered if you can convince me they’re mature enough to influence their immediate future at the ballot box.”
That’s only for older heads.
The sort of heads that see a big blonde man boy bouncing about in front of a lie on a big, red bus and ditch all critical facilities and vote for the bus.
“Give sixteen year olds the vote, where will it end?” Reg Reg-Reg demanded,
“foetuses will be voting next.
Just like what happened with equality of marriage. People started legally marrying furniture the day after. This progression of society and its values has got to stop.”
Reg Reg-Reg did call LCD back later to add, sixteen year olds should be able to decide to attend public hanging if they want.
Just as well, because many Quitters favour that.
The will of the people, you know you want it, just not until you’re old enough, as determined by a man who voted based on…