Posted on 10/07/2009 10:47:02 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The image of a baby sucking on a beer bottle is drawing eyes to a billboard on Route 154 in Deep River, Connecticut.
"There's a lot of conversation about it, and that's good. Something like that makes people think and start talking," said Wayne Martin, who owns the bakery and deli next to the billboard.
That's what the people who designed the billboard were trying to do. They say you take special care of your child as an infant and you should be doing the same when they're teenagers. That means not letting your teen drink.
"Letting kids drink young is not a good idea at all. But telling your children not to drink, while you're drinking isn't ever going to work. What we need is leadership by example," said Martin.
A billboard showing a baby drinking from a bottle is getting attention in Connecticut.
The message comes at the same time police across the state are cracking down on underage drinking. In Branford, 20 teens were cited after officers went undercover at two house parties. In East Haven, police nabbed 23 minors for possession of alcohol. The Together We Can Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking says it will also be working with state police to increase party patrols in Middlesex County. They want to show their actions match the message on this billboard.
"Certainly any way that we can get the message out, not only to young people, but their parents. It's certainly beneficial. It will help us all, and more over, it will keep the young people safe," said Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police.
The billboards, which are up in Middletown, Deep River and Essex will stay up through November.
We are daily being nagged, taunted, badgered, bullied, bothered, harassed, hassled, hectored, pestered and plagued by every goo-goo, nanny-state scold and killjoy on the planet.
There is a phrase, perhaps one of the greatest phrases in the entire English language, containing as it does many lifetimes' worth of wisdom. It is a phrase sadly ignored far too often in our culture and in our time, and thus bears repeating as often as possible: "Mind Your Own Business".
How about teaching one’s teenager to drink a glass of wine responsibly - not getting smashed, or driving, but just enjoying?
...and to practice safe sex, too. They’re going to do it anyway.
It’s a brown bottle, period. There’s no indication that it’s a beer bottle.
Neo-prohibitionists win again while FReepers hyperventilate over nothing.
I’m morally opposed to sex outside of marriage. I see no sin in drinking a glass of wine, or downing a cold one. I’m not Muslim...
Quite tasty.
The infantilizing of America continues.
Oh - that little boy image is still on the label today; perhaps the EU PC-thugs missed it, or they occasionally like a good beer too.
I agree. We as a society should mind our own business!
Sincerely,
The DEA
LOL. You might well have added: The IRS.
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