Bob Whysman wrote:I wouldn't disagree with your first two sentences and then you revert to type, slagging off another generation because you didn't get the result you wanted. At least the 'monumental stupid older people' knew where to put their cross and did so.
Perhaps we have failed the younger generation by making life too easy for some resulting in the basics of education bypassing them and who were unwilling to register/turnout to cast their vote.
P.S. Someone at the polling station would have been able to explain what a X looked like and what to do if they needed any help just as they would also have done for the generation that hasn't got the monopoly on wisdom.
I think you misunderstand my post. I didn't suggest
all older people were "monumentally stupid". That would be clearly wrong. Some, but not all. I would add that there are plenty of monumentally stupid younger people in this country. Stupidity is not age related. It is a quality of the individual.
I would also completely agree that more youngsters need to get out and vote. I wouldn't defend anyone, of any age, who chooses not to vote, and there certainly seems to be a lot of younger people who fall in that category.
As for your concern over the education of the younger generation, you may be right. I'm not sure it's helped though by the younger generation not being given the same benefit of free education that the older generation enjoyed before they pulled up the ladder.