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minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·4 months agoThe comment is not out of place. In many jurisdictions, a “child” is under 14, while 14-18 is a “young adult” or “adolescent”
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down1·4 months agoYou might not be familiar with it but “people under 18” is a long standing propaganda trope. What Reuters could have said is “Children, defined as people under 18”. But they hit the “people under 18” keyphrase.
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months agoIt’s because they want people to mentally subtract “military-age males” from the figures.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-24 months ago “Children, defined as people under 18” People under 18 whom it defines as children Aside from including your ‘meme phrase’, I don’t see the difference
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoWomen and children are usually two subsequent words which imply innocent people not involved in any combat.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoOh, didn’t know about the meme, thanks
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI think the UN also counts anyone under 35 as “youth” as well. So there’s a lot of statistics-related terminology to deal with here.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·4 months agoYeah, it would feel weird calling a 17 year old a child.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoIf you’re more than 8-10 years older than that, it absolutely does not feel weird in the slightest.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat if it was a 17 year old Israeli?
The comment is not out of place. In many jurisdictions, a “child” is under 14, while 14-18 is a “young adult” or “adolescent”
You might not be familiar with it but “people under 18” is a long standing propaganda trope.
What Reuters could have said is “Children, defined as people under 18”. But they hit the “people under 18” keyphrase.
It’s because they want people to mentally subtract “military-age males” from the figures.
Aside from including your ‘meme phrase’, I don’t see the difference
Women and children are usually two subsequent words which imply innocent people not involved in any combat.
Oh, didn’t know about the meme, thanks
“meme”
I think the UN also counts anyone under 35 as “youth” as well. So there’s a lot of statistics-related terminology to deal with here.
i thought young adult is 18/19??
Yeah, it would feel weird calling a 17 year old a child.
If you’re more than 8-10 years older than that, it absolutely does not feel weird in the slightest.
What if it was a 17 year old Israeli?