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[Owlbread]

So the Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro were playing at "T in the Park" today, basically one of our biggest music festivals. It's very popular with young people and it's pretty much a rite of passage now to go to the festival at age 17. They were one of the main headlining bands for the festival and, as you would imagine, a lot of people were there to hear them today. The festival itself attracts up to 85,000 each day.

Spoiler: When they were performing, their frontman whipped out a sizable Scottish flag with "Yes" written across it, waving it in front of literally tens of thousands of people. (click to show/hide)

Then there was this fan of the band interviewed by the BBC for about 5 seconds; they asked her "why do you love Biffy Clyro so much".

This was her response

Live TV in Scotland doesn't always go so well for the BBC when the general public are involved like that. I'm sure they wished, wished they could have cut her out.

[TD1]

Can you tell me what her response was? I'm getting NO sound from that video.

Same.

Also, they do look seventeen. Not quite voting age.

[notquitethere]

Also, they do look seventeen. Not quite voting age.

OH REALLY?

[TD1]

Well, that's just not fair. And quite obviously vote-grasping.

[notquitethere]

What's not fair about extending suffrage to 16 & 17-year-olds? It's their country too.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Democracy is not vote-grasping. You don't magically become able to vote effectively at 18.

[stabbymcstabstab]

As a 17 year old, I'd vote for not extending suffrage most people my age I know are complete idiot when it come to politics, there are three people I trust to vote one is the son of a diplomat the other two are children of politicians.

[mainiac]

As a 17 year old, I'd vote for not extending suffrage most people my age I know are complete idiot when it come to politics, there are three people I trust to vote one is the son of a diplomat the other two are children of politicians.

As a 26 year old I can say the complete idiot thing applies to most people of most ages.

[Dutchling]

As a student I can tell you that adulthood is not a thing for students.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

There are stupid young people, but as a forum chalk full of leftists I'm sure you can imagine how the venerable aged gentlemen of the world should not be taken as the model for suffrage.

[LordSlowpoke]

is it because the venerable aged gentlemen are wise and experienced in choice of representatives

* LordSlowpoke wiggles eyebrows

gawsh just ban democracy already

[MonkeyHead]

Aye, benevolent dictators and warrior princes for all.

[Helgoland]

Hell no! Plutocracy FTW!

Oh wait, we have that already...

[mainiac]

I for one welcome our new herpecratic overlords.

[TD1]

I, for one, welcome our new Hippocratic over lords.

Who knows what they put in there before they patch you up.