As some one who's old enough to have lots of experience with the over-40 version of ageism and get stirred up every time there's a tech crunch article about som

As some one who's old enough to have lots of experience with the over-40 version of ageism and get stirred up every time there's a tech crunch article about someone 18 or whatever getting funded largely _because_ they're 18, I actually have some sympathy. There are numerous legal and regulatory roadblocks to dealing with people under 18 (in contract law, you're essentially not a person) but some efforts could be made to overcome them. While at digg, I routinely complained about the fact that live diggnations were always held at 21 and over venues (I've been to enough all-ages concerts to know that there are plenty of places that will serve alcohol but still let underage people in). Half the diggnation audience was under 18! I was routinely ignored, thus demonstrating ageism against 2 different age groups at once.