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Some of these responses are not completely fair.
At 17 she might be a genius. At 17 she might be extremely well read and well traveled. At 17 she might have acute observations on life.
I certainly know people in their 50's that I consider clueless.
Her age is not a limiting factor in her opinion. If she said that people marry at all ages depending on their circumstances . . we would all be lauding her . .. because we agreed with her.
To diminish the validity of her opinion based on her perceived youth does an injustice not only to her, but also to the people that took their time to counter the merits of her agument.
I have noticed that on GC there is a tendency to belittle the author of an argument that people disagree with rather that just countering its presuppositions.
Its like killing the messenger because you don't like the message.
These types of responses show intellectual laziness, poor argument skills or simple malice.
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