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@spen666 is seeing this as a single binary switch over two things which are, in reality, different.
One is a test of being mature enough to cast a vote. At 16 you can have sex and, at least until recently get married. You can have a job including in the forces where, while you cannot be sent to 'the front' you'll presumably learn how to use weapons including with live rounds. To me it seems at least arguable that in that case you can have an influence over who represents you in various tiers of government.
The other is about how society responds if you engage in criminal behaviour. Scotland, as I said in the original thread, has long dealt more rationally and humanely with 'Juvenile' offending. More training and rehabilitation, less revenge and punishment. If the science is that there are better options than time in gaol for those under 25 then we should follow that.
Different situations, different facts and, therefore, different conclusions.
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