Under 21? Lowe's Won't Sell You Some Products

WMUR ^ | May 13, 2003 | Associated Press

[goodnesswins]

EEWWWWWW.....I was eating lunch when your huge pic popped up.....how disgusting....and I don't think it has to do with age....it has to do with "children" who need ATTENTION. Sorry sort, though.

[zoyd]

So we get a bunch of bored kids that are already assumed to be criminals deciding to act the part. And we're supposed to be shocked?

Well, obviously, the Nanny answer is to pee-test every junior high and high school student in the nation, monthly.

I cringe at the messages 'society' sends to children. It's quickly becoming a process to indoctrinate children to the belief that the state has complete control over your body. Want to do an extra-curricular activity like sports? Pee in the cup. So the kid who wants to play soccer, but has pot in his system, gets booted from the soccer team. What's he gonna do now? Well, since he's got a lot of after-school free time now, why not traipse down to your neighbor's house and huff some Freon?

I say we just keep kids locked up like rats in a cage. That way they can't get access to all the evils in society. It'll be for their own safety.

[biblewonk]

Products like paint and wd40 have and even beer and wine and vodka all have intended uses. Since some people refuse to use them as intended then we either:

A) Make them illegal.
#2) Keep them legal with various controls as to who can buy them.

Now, what is the intended "use" of heroine, meth, and crack? They are clearly in a different category and should always be illegal.

[MrLeRoy]

beer and wine and vodka all have intended uses. [...] Now, what is the intended "use" of heroine, meth, and crack?

Same as beer and wine and vodka---putting in one's body.

[newgeezer]

Remember, you're trying to drill a hole in water. The guy is too young and too "wise" in his yute. He's yet to grow out of the "I know everything" stage of life.

Move along. ;O)

[daylate-dollarshort]

If you keep buying alchohol for your under-aged daughter, despite her recent home ownership, you will no longer be "living Free in NH".

[rb22982]

I'm 21, and the answer is, I dont know. But I will agree we have a lot of stupidity in the 15-25 range right now just off my own experiences. Probably a combination of peer pressure, modern TV/movies/music, indoctrination at publik skools, and terribly family structure (50% of all marriages now end in divorce?) in place compared to 50 years ago

[Living Free in NH]

If you keep buying alchohol for your under-aged daughter, despite her recent home ownership, you will no longer be "living Free in NH".

I'm not too worried about it, but thanks for the concern.

I read you FR bio - best of luck on that cruise!

[anton]

The Greens will love that. In Australia, the natives huff gasoline until their brain function deteriorates to the point where thay can't remember how to do it. There are thousands of aboriginal zombies.

Maybe that's the basis for banning gasoline!

[thunders]

A few other common items are fingernail polish & fingernail polish remover...oh,and don't forget the markers....

I seriously have never even heard of age restrictions on items b/c of huffing dangers...this is bullcrap!