On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:31 AM, Christian wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/april-2up.html
Sick? In what way?
Geez Shel, it's a minor (and a very young one at that) drinking
from a beer can! That could be construed by many people to be
child abuse. Therefore = "sick" But at the same time she's a cute
girl with a lovely expression and I'm sure there was no harm meant
by her parents or guardians.
Absurd. This is pedonoia.
Children in the vicinity of parents and friends often try sipping a
beer, wine, scotch, etc. Most of the time they wrinkle up their nose
a moment later as the strong flavor is too much for a child's
palette. Pictures of this innocent experimentation, of trying to "be
like the adults" are often charming, cute, wonderful things to
remember one's childhood later ... I have a few of myself doing these
sorts of things, taken by my father, that I love. It reminds me of
him, and of my family, and of my youth.
To consider a photo like this to be depicting "child abuse" is stupid
and destructive.
Godfrey
