College Students: Too Busy to Vote? « Peabloggy
This is, and has been a very frustrating subject for myself and others over the years. Back in 1968 I was sixteen years old, and I had a tattoo on my forehead. It was RVN, short for Republic of Viet Nam. Back in those days of the draft, as well as now, it seemed immoral that I could be sent off to kill, wound, and do all the other things associated with warfare and have those acts done to myself without any say in the matter at all.
Please do not misunderstand me, I was born and raised on Camp Pendleton, and fully intended to join the military. It is just what Marines Corps brats do. But in a free society why was I at least theoretically being forced to go into the armed forces?
We succeeded in getting the age changed so that those that could be forced into involuntary servitude could at minimum cast a vote about the situation. I can only surmise, after reading the article, that the real problem, is voter apathy among the young.
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