The Stupidity Of Society

So lets get this right if your under 18 you not old enough to consent to an abortion but you are old enough to have a baby .
If your under18 you cant have sex with anyone over 18 but you can with someone of 18,17,or16 .
At 19 you can with anyone of any age . So in one day you go from one group to another and makes you all of a sudden overnight you suddenly are mature enough .
At 17 you can drive a car but cant drink or smoke , but the day you turn 18 suddenly that all changes and your suddenly mature enough to drink and smoke .
At 16 your old enough and mature enough to join the army and handle a gun but not old enough to drink or smoke .
Am I the only one who thinks this is all completely skewed and the rule book needs torn up and commonsense take over and rewrite the rule book .
When is commonsense going to make a comeback and the madness stop .

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room10101 · 36-40, M

Alas a non-insignificant minority of humans can't be trusted with common sense- and generally would walk all over the rest of us and any well-intentioned individual. Call them child molesters, thieves, murderers, republican leaders or multibillionnaires. The law might not be perfect to those who have a strong moral compass, but for those who need boundaries, it's imperative

Rhode57 · 56-60, M

@room10101 I agree but surely simplifying would make that much easier . Draw the line at 1 age . be it 16/17/18 . I am just saying at the moment it makes no sense . My honest thought is it should be 18 . Kids are being forced to grow up far to young nowadays .

room10101 · 36-40, M

@Rhode57 yeah, true. I guess a lot of the nuances/idiosyncrasies of modern law is based on case law, and those situations of a case or series of events regarding groups of people not quite fitting the one-rule-suits-all glove. Some cultures marry young, some believe 12 or first period would be the legal age. And in a multicultural society we have to adapt and understand everyone's perspectives

Rhode57 · 56-60, M

@room10101 I understand that but can also understand why young people get pissed off . In one breath we are telling them their mature at 16 and then we contradict it and say no your not mature till your 18 . Or we make it even more confusing and say your not mature enough to have an abortion till 18 but if you get pregnant at 13/14 your old enough to have the child and raise it . Thats absolute madness.