On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:30:26 -0800 (PST), Cory
<my_wheel_life@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I have a problem, in the first place, with all of the
>discrepancies in age-related laws (you can be drafted at age 18, but
>you cannot drink until you're 21... you can drive when you're 16, but
>you're not a "legal" adult until you're 18... and I DO feel that any
>16 year old girl should have the legal right to be able to go out with
>any guy she chooses.), but to single out people like Milo simply
>because of their celebrity is just plain despicably WRONG. It's
>tantamount to wearing a bullseye on your back just because someone
>knows who you are.
This brings up the old arguement we had many years ago.....
at 18 you can be drafted, go to Viet Nam, get killed but
you can't go drink a beer.
You can sign a contract, you can get married, but you
can't have a beer.
I will say though I feel strongly that girls under 18 are
jail bait and should remain that way. Legally they can't
give conscent and the law should remain that way.
>them drink or do drugs... who has the right to say that she was too
>young when they met or that he was too old if, now when she's in her
>mid-30's, she and her hubby are still together and are going strong.
Except that if they have kids you can have a situation like where
mom is in her thirties, but dad is in his seventies and could be
in his ninities when the kid is in school.
>
>I have ABSOLUTELY no problems with May-December relation****ps... even
>if one of the people involved isn't of "legal" age yet..
That I have a big problem with. If they aren't of legal age
then they aren't of legal age and it is statutory rape.
.. because I
>think the "legal" age in America is a frickin' joke-and-a-half. A lot
>of coupling and pairing up depends on the maturity levels of the man
>and woman involved, and some people, regardless of which gender they
>are, mature faster than others. It's just the way it is with human
>nature.
I know some people who matured early, at the age of say 12. On the
other hand I know some people who never mature at any age.
>I DO NOT, FTR, believe for a
>SECOND that LiLo is an alcoholic or is even CLOSE to having a problem
>with alcohol.
Having a number of arrests for drunk driving tells me otherwise.
>Do you know how many "average joe" college kids that
>are LiLo's age do the EXACT same thing that LiLo's been doing for a
>while now, and THEY have NEVER been classified, and NEVER WILL BE
>classified as an alcoholic or someone who has a problem with
>alcohol??? Why should LiLo be singled out for behavior that millions
>of kids her age are engaging in, but no one's raising a stink about,
>simply because she's a celebrity???!! It's bull****.
Let me put it this way though.....I drank lots of alchohol in
college, and had lots of times where I was absolutely plastered.
But througout all those years I never got behind the wheel
of a car. I either slept over that night or took
mass transit home.
It's the drunk driving I take issue with.
BTW, I would point out one of the best ways to
handle alcholism is to have the drinking age
be 18. When I was in college the drinking age
was 18, kids did their drinking in bars where
experienced bartenders could watch them
and knew how to handle drunk kids. Once the
age was raised to 21 the problem was forced
out of the bars and into cars...thus
more drunk driving. The drinking still continued.
Personally i'd make the drinking age 15
and make the driving age 35.
>NOW... having said that... FTR, I DO agree with those people who say
>that BRITNEY is in serious need of help. SHE has psych issues, but
>having said THAT, I ABSOLUTELY believe that SOME of her psych issues
>stem from having been in the glare of the public spotlight for as long
>as she has been.
I'm not sure about that. My understanding is when she
shaved her head she did it to avoid drug testing that
K-Fed wanted to do. As far as the other things she
has done, i'm not sure we know the entire story yet.
As far as the thing with her running over the foot of or
hitting a photographer.....maybe if they weren't
blocking her or hounding her every minute of the
day then they wouldn't get hit by the car.
It's almost like the photographers sent
a personal invitation to her to hit them
with her car. "We are going to take
photos of her and the only way she can
avoid it is mow us down with her car."
So maybe if your a photographer
and you get hit by the person
you're photographing you deserve
it if you're hit by the car.
What part of get out of the way of
the car do you not comprehend?
>
>Somebody, somewhere, in some newsgroup said (maybe it was even me,
>come to think of it) that what Britney REALLY needs is to take some
>time for herself and go to a remote place for a year or two, and get
>away from the public spotlight. No, FTR, I do NOT think that that
>idea is an automatic "cure-all" for Britney, but I sure as hell don't
>think it'd hurt her any to take some time away from the public
>spotlight of it all, and go somewhere remote.
Maybe what she needs is privacy and not have
paparazi following every move she makes
24/7/365.
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