Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:
You are joking right? Lower the voting age? And let morons like that "Get out of my uncaring elite face" the right to vote?
Face it, the lowering the voting age before males attend NS is surely going to turn the election into an opposition rout.
No Im not. The reason why many youths today are politically apathetic or dont even know who Grace Fu or Raymond Lim is due to them not having a say in the future of the country. Our education system does not train us sufficiently that it is the duty of every citizen to participate in decision making.
Lowering the voting age and modifying the curriculum will help help acheive a dual objective. To raise the level of political awareness and to inculcate national responsibility at a younger age.
And what makes you think everybody in singapore is a Wee shu min? How does lowering the voting age exactly leads to an opposition rout? Have you been to 2005 youth forum? Where opposition leader Chiam see Tong was invited to speak? Many youths cheered and supported him when he spoke and voiced his opinions.
So opposition rout or not, would depend on the quality of the opposition candidates.