On 12/9/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
Well, here's the problem (or at least part of it). We're looking at 1/60th or so of a second of time. Who can tell if this is a kid taking her first sip of dad's can, who will then scrunch up her face and never drink another beer until she turns 21 (that's what I did when I took my first sip of dad's beer when I was around 7 or 8 - I ~hated~ it). On the other hand, maybe the adults in her life give her beer all the time, and she drinks inappropriately. Who knows? But, people jump to conclusions, and some will think the worst. That's just the way things are. In this age of the cult of the victim, that's what happens. I still like your pic, Shel! <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
