alooo wrote:
> <doob@webtv.net> wrote
>> I mentioned about drinking:
>>
>> "Wasn't the idea questioned when Kid Nation had the Saloon, where kids
>> could order root beer?
>>
>> The thinking was that it was setting a bad example for future behavior."
>>
>> Steven said:
>>
>> "Come on, there's a vast difference between a kid 12 years old and a kid
>> 18 years old."
>>
>> Oh, of COURSE. I wasn't comparing drinking habits..just commenting on
>> what the perception was on KN.
>
>
> I didn't watch KN- did people really take issue with that? If anything, a
> person drinking a non-alcoholic beverage at a bar sets a good example.
What was odd (and funny), was the kids making faux boilermakers: They
would dump a shot glass of one flavor of soda into a mug of a different
flavor of soda and then chug-a-lug the whole thing. Obviously they've
been watching their older siblings and parents very carefully. :-)
That was what was funny about it: The kids felt like they were supposed
to act "grown up" in managing this town. So they tried to throw a wild
party, with girls dancing on tables and chugging faux boilermakers. It
was creepy, like a kid's idea of a singles' bar on Saturday night.
Steven L.
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