Yes, although it was a different photo, and you're right, it was taken quite a few years ago - around 1970-71.
Sure things were different then, and they were even more different when our parents were kids. Today kids are too well protected or guarded from most anything that can hurt them, and I wonder just how well that serves them in the long run. Time will tell, of course. Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/9/2005 12:44:38 PM > Subject: Re: PAW PESO - April Drinks a Beer > > 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 > > > >
