Is tanning more deadly than abortions?

[Shotgun]

California seems to think so.

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/9693736p-10576395c.html

Children under 14 are banned from using tanning salons, unless they have a doctor's note, and those 14 to 18 need parental permission to receive a tan.

"If we spent more time in the Legislature working on our state's infrastructure and public safety, and less time poking our noses into everyone's business, our state would be a lot better off," said Haynes, R-Murrieta.

For parents, there can be a fuzzy line between politicians acting conscientious and overstepping their bounds when it comes to issues of common sense, said Jack Jacques, PTA president at Lakewood Elementary School in Modesto.

He supports many of the new public safety measures that deal with street racing, motor scooters and young children riding in front seats of cars. But he is skeptical of the Legislature's role in other areas that might be difficult to enforce — such as keeping kids out of tanning booths.

"Does this mean they're going to have undercover police at tanning salons?" he asked. "I don't expect the school to parent for me, and I don't expect the government to parent for me. That's my job."

 

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So are you saying that it's okay to put age-restrictions on tanning as long as the same is done for abortions, or that it's not okay to put age-restrictions on tanning so long as the same is not done for abortions? Are you advocating more or less gov't regulation?

 

[Shotgun]

I'm just stating the absurdity of having requiring permission slips for children to fake bake in the same state that has no parental notification law on the books for minors having abortions. Where is the outcry about a loss of privacy from the left?

 

[xpanda]

I'm just stating the absurdity of having requiring permission slips for children to fake bake in the same state that has no parental notification law on the books for minors having abortions. Where is the outcry about a loss of privacy from the left?

I agree that parental notification for tanning is ridiculous.

How do you feel, then, about legal drinking ages? Driving ages? Voting? Personally, I think it's all bunk.

 

[Shotgun]

I agree that parental notification for tanning is ridiculous.

How do you feel, then, about legal drinking ages? Driving ages? Voting? Personally, I think it's all bunk.

I'd like to make the driving age 21 and the drinking age about 16...it would certainly stop drunk driving a lot more than current laws.

 

[GAMEFACE]

Shotgun,
Good point, you're on a nice roll.

 

[WHALE]

To Fake bake :lol: !!!

 

[JinnRikki]

I'd like to make the driving age 21 and the drinking age about 16...it would certainly stop drunk driving a lot more than current laws.

Yes sir that's exactly what we need high school kids having a JD eye opener before home room.
Teacher: What's that on your breath Johnny?
Johnny: It's Bud Light
Teacher: OK, as long as you're watching those carbs.

 

[Marco]

Lots of double-standards out there when it comes to age limits....

18 year old is war material yet has to be 21 to legally drink. Would the message of this be "you can kill somebody just as long as it's not in this country"???

 

[JinnRikki]

Not as much as when I was 18 and Uncle Sam could snatch you up but you couldn't stop at the bar on the way to boot camp. Or when you got out for that matter. But 16 is a little young. I will split the difference no drivers license or drinking before 19.

 

[JudgeWapner]

Tanning is a blight upon society and must be stopped at all costs.

 

[bblight]

Judge - was that a pun?

 

[JudgeWapner]

Lol, was not intended as one BB.

 

[xpanda]

Why should there be any age restrictions on driving at all? I don't know how it works there, but in Ontario you take a written test, which gives you a learner's license. Twelve months later you're eligible to take your first road test, which gives you unlimited driving abilities at zero alcohol levels. Twelve months after that you can take another road test which removes the zero alcohol restriction and ups it to the legal limit. What does age have to do with any of that? So long as you can pass the written test, pass the two road tests .. shouldn't competence be the only factor?

As for legal drinking ages ... a good chunk of Europe doesn't have them at all ... are they all alcoholics? Don't age restrictions on drinking only serve to encourage rebellious teenagers, at the end of the day? I didn't drink as a teenager because my parents would've beat the tar out of me. The law had little to do with it. (Drinking ages in Canada are no higher than 19, for the record. Both Alberta and Quebec are 18.)

As for voting ... if they're taking your tax money, you should get a say in where it goes. Fourteen-year-olds with jobs should have as much right to vote as pensioners.