Given the legal age for consent to sex is 16 in my country (Australia) and an adult is considered legally to be from the age of 18 (again in my country) ...... you'd think that the age for baptism should at least be 18. It won't happen that way as the borg knows that the majority of 8 year olds wouldn't 'dedicate' themselves as easily as they would when younger and more impressionable. It was like a badge of honour for young ones to wander about the conventions with wet hair after being 'dunked'! Soooo very sad.