Comments on: spuds is quaking in his ski boots

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:06:02 +0000

Yea, kids don’t drink wine.. more of beer…

By: deb

deb — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:09:44 +0000

I good points and I can get on board with that. :)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:00:36 +0000

Oh, and then I’d make high fructose corn syrup a controlled substance. But that’s probably just me.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:59:46 +0000

Oh, but the American Way is to both stigmatize and secretly allow the thing, which makes it both profitable and deniable. Everyone wins!

But seriously, I agree with both of Deb’s points, with a caveat. I doubt that kids are being influenced by Sinskey ads, but I definitely think that advertising any controlled substance (including prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco) in any medium (and there are so many these days) should be banned first and foremost. Sending the “hey kids, cool adults drink heavily!” message and expecting a drink ban to work is naive.

By: deb

deb — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:32:27 +0000

Um, hello, it’s not *wine* that teenagers are drinking. The picture should be of beer bottles rather than wine glasses.

Also, I say we go European and get rid of the drinking restrictions. They don’t seem to have a big problem with drunk teenagers there . . .

Just a thought.