Hmmm...good point. Brings to mind an issue of hypocrisy: a guess at my age range is couched (multiple times) in a way that suggests young people are unqualified to have a reasonable opinion on politics. Yet a single 17-year-old's opinion is viewed as representative of an entire nation, simply because it fits what certain people want to hear. Even if it goes against a majority of accounts to the contrary.
BTW I'm nowhere near 17...above not below, you jokers. ;-)