Originally a comment by Michael Haubrich on The entitlement of children.
I think that this is a great opportunity for purveyors of alcohol and tobacconists in the UK to join in the case so that children’s entitlement to their products is recognized as valid and wise. Who are the government to deny?
Listed below are examples of products whose sale is controlled by age restriction.
Alcohol
Cigarettes, tobacco, shisha and other smoking based products
E Cigarettes and Vaping Products
Fireworks – sparklers, party poppers, caps, cracker snaps
Dangerous chemicals – cigarette lighter fuel, glue, aerosols
Acids
DVDs, Blu Rays and computer games
Dangerous Weapons – air weapons, crossbows, knives
Lottery tickets and scratch cards
Petrol
Bookmakers
Sunbeds
Advice to Traders: Staying within the law
How is it right that acids are restricted, but bases are not?
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6 responses to “Guest post: A great opportunity”
And firearms. Don’t forget firearms.
Heck, let’s let five year olds who identify as construction workers drive steamrollers.
Or ones who identify as bus drivers drive buses! As pilots: fly planes!
Absolutely. We need to believe children when they tell us who they are.
“Absolutely. We need to believe children when they tell us who they are.”
I identified as Superman as a five year old. My bigoted fascist parents wouldn’t let me leap off skyscrapers!
I was Batman. Say, was your mother’s name Martha by any chance?
My son identified as an elephant when he was five. I guess I should have let him join the circus!
When I was five, I identified as an orphan. In what way could my parents (both alive at the time) support that?