huh?

i can admit i don't know much about politics and honestly don't really care if i educate myself enough to know. i know, i know, not so smart...i just find it all sooo boring.

but as i am still trying to figure out who i want to vote for...yes at 2pm on voting day, i read the local paper that help summarize a bit of what each party is offering.

there is one part there that just stumped me. or maybe a better way to describe was WTF?

it's the conservatives wanting to "protect teenagers and in order to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, will raise the age of consent to 16 from 14."

and "to protect society, will change the laws so a 14 year old charged with a serious or repeat violent crime will be sentenced as an adult."

these are direct quotes from our candidate.

now i have already admitted not knowing much about the election but am a little confused.

the way i am understanding these statements is that a 14 year old isn't mature enough to know if they are making the right choice about sex. they don't know the consequences that sex can bring. so if they date anyone older than 15, that person could be charged with rape. that the older person in that relationship is the one responsible for any action taken place between them.

but if that same 14 yr. old commits a crime, then they must be mature enough to know the consequences of those actions.

what is the difference?

i know that they may be trying to protect children in certain situations, like bountiful, where young girls are supposedly (and probably being made) to marry much older men.

but what about the 14 yr that has gotten messed up with the wrong crowd. or that same 14 yr old that is being pushed into a relationship they don't want or not ready for. what if the only way out would be to use violence?

how do we protect teenagers while at the same time, say that are responsible for there own actions?

why is sex something to be protected from but violence just condemned?

i don't know if i'm expressing this well. i just found the statements completely contradicting.

see that's why i don't like politics, just doesn't make any sense to me.

and i know i have to vote....maybe i'll vote green or cap. they at least make some sort of sense even if it because they're stoned* all the time LOL

* joking, seriously just joking about the stoned part.

note: simple way to say is" a 14yr old is not an adult when having sex but is when being violent" hmmm?