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[AcertainLiz]

968. 18 year olds are always mature adults?

But why do you draw the line for children anyhow? I'm just wondering, because it still seems selective.

"Upon reaching the age of 18 (or earlier depending on the state) no one is forced to go to school and may drop out when they wish. Prior to that parents have the option to withdraw their children and homeschool them if they want. "

Yes and like in some countries, this should be modified slightly, IMO.

"I see nothing in your OP going against what I said. The closest thing I see is your comments on CO and bootcamp. "

I guess you didn't read any of the links...

"Which still causes this problem. In fact, one of the goals of bootcamp is to strip away one's individualism. "

Yeah, that's part of what I think should be done, individualism should be tempered with some collectivism and sense of community. That's part of it. But to say it totally erases one individual identity is laughable.

"If you said something in response to this to another poster then I am sorry I missed it but I did come into this gargantuan thread at around ~900 post mark.

In my year at DU I have yet to see a thread this big before. I have seen 400 post threads and one that reached 600, but this is boardering on and will probably surpass a 1000 before it dies."

Fair enough, My apologizes. I've gotten a few comments and even DM's in support of my response and a whole lot of negative responses that have left me with a "I've already answered this" attitude, since most people have the same objections...