Word: adults
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...says. “If we catch [underage people] drinking, then we throw them out, but it still puts our liquor license at risk. And if you’re 21 and have a few cocktails in you, you’re closer to acting like an adult.” According to Kaleva, the Roxy could not previously deal with the issue by simply making the club 21 and over because of competition between nightclubs in the Boston area. If his club had raised its age cutoff and other clubs had not, the Roxy would have lost business...
...from borderline failure to commercial Hollywood success. “When I would go out to dinner, I would just always have so much in common with the 14 year old,” he says. “I’d have to pretend to be an adult, like I shared their experience when I didn’t.” With two shows on the air and a third on its way, MacFarlane is already drawing comparisons with such television sitcom legends as Norman Lear, the writer and producer behind classics like...
...their heavy-handed approach, school librarians have subverted the true purpose of censorship and undermined the judgment of the Newbery Medal committee. Censorship is supposed to protect children from being corrupted by substandard portrayal of important topics and issues. It is not intended to keep children ignorant of the adult world, but to ensure that children learn about adult issues in the correct manner. With the amount of improper and faulty information around, censorship serves a vital role in society, but this case is a clear example of its abuse...
...there is a difference between gratuitously employing “adult” words in a children’s book and complementing one’s narrative with the use of words that signify the mysterious adult world around the protagonist. If taboo subjects are brought up in a children’s book and dealt with in the proper manner, then it should not be censored...
Sadly, this case highlights the general problem with over-protecting children. Many adults fail to realize that gradual, limited exposure to the lewd and violent world is vital to a child’s mental and social growth. Protecting children too much will simply make them unprepared when they inevitably face adult issues. After all, if a ten-year-old can’t consult responsible sources that include words like “scrotum” or “menstruation,” then what are the chances of him later consulting them about sex and drugs...