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From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.
Sigh.... I agree with you, Godfrey. But this is 2005 and times have
changed since we were kids. I was just playing devil's advocate here. And
if you don't think "many people will construe this as child abuse" you are
living in a fantasy world. Read the headlines; watch the news.
Christian
