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Originally Posted by Alawen
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As chance would have it, I joined the United States Marine Corps when I was 17. My mother had to sign a waiver permitting me to join. I was definitely a kid. I had sparse beard growth and very little body hair. Technically, at 17, Trayvon Martin and I were both adolescents. Are you more comfortable with that term? How about teen, teenager, youth, juvenile, minor?
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young-adult is the only word acceptable due to the fact that you want to use words that have more of a child-like meaning than adult-like meaning.
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Originally Posted by Alawen
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We have a legal age of majority in this country. That age is 18. Trayvon Martin could not own property, drive a car, join the military, or get married without his parents' consent. He was a kid.
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"legal age" is clearly undefined and used loosely again for whatever purpose you're wanting it used for. 18 is not the legal age for consent (17 in most states). 17 for enlisting (previously discussed). 16 for driving in (in most states - some 15 - i don't care whether or not they have special requirements, you can still legally drive at 15 in some states). 21 is the legal age to drink (decided on a state level, not national level. all states currently 21. some are considering lowering the age).
so what do you get at 18? smoking or voting? both seem irrelevant to this case.