Why can’t children vote?
Short & Curly
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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2016
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Kids have to live by the rules of the society they are born into but don't get a say on what those rules are. Unfair, right? Decisions made by governments today affect kids' futures but we don't let them near the ballot box. Are children wise enough or informed enough to make big decisions about government? Short & Curly mounts our own political debate with surprising results. Guest Amara is a smart kid who doesn't think it's necessary. How would you vote?
Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producer: Ian Walker
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| 0:00.0 | Girls and boys coming to you live it's the first annual short and curly debate. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host Patricia Carvellis. Now please welcome to the stage or candidates. |
| 0:12.0 | We have ace Fighter Pilot and Part-time |
| 0:15.6 | vet Molly Daniels and Prize-winning Carpenter and Just OK Clarinet Player |
| 0:21.0 | Carl Smith. Thank you, thank you everyone. |
| 0:26.0 | It's an honor to be here, thank you. |
| 0:28.0 | Tonight they'll be taking on a topic that is divided families, nations, even the world. Should children be allowed to vote in |
| 0:36.2 | elections? They absolutely should. They definitely should not. |
| 0:45.0 | today's debate question was actually suggested by a listener. |
| 0:53.0 | Seven-year-old Ben contacted us via our website, |
| 0:56.0 | so thank you Ben. |
| 0:58.0 | Thank you so much Ben. |
| 0:59.0 | We love hearing your ideas for curly topics. |
| 1:02.0 | Now let's lay the ground rules for this debate. |
| 1:05.0 | I want it clean and I want it fair. |
| 1:08.0 | Each candidate will argue either for or against |
| 1:11.0 | and then at the end you can decide who's made the best argument |
| 1:14.4 | Molly or Carl. Get ready for the pain train Carl. Oh I was born on the pain train |
| 1:20.1 | destination Molly loses. Oops call the local news station because your train just got massively derailed. |
| 1:28.0 | You two better get a bit more serious or I'll disqualify you both. |
| 1:32.0 | Sorry. Sorry. |
| 1:33.0 | Sorry. |
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