Hear, hear. It's a politically correct knee jerk response to an image such as this is to label it irresponsible & potentially harmful. As a kid I remember sitting on my grandfathers knee asking to have a sip of his beer. And he always let me try it.
If I remember correctly Shel has posted this young ladies photo before & I think I remember that it was taken many years ago. The times have changed & parents nowadays seem horrified by the idea of giving kids little tastes of beer/wine etc now & then. And people wonder why binge drinking is such a problem with today's teenagers & young adults. I am a believer that if you expose children to small & sensible amounts of alcohol when young, when they get older it won't seem so special. Dave. (S&%t... The sun's coming up. That's a 21 hour day. Time to get some shut eye <g>) On 12/10/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > >
