[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by kizzy

I saw that woman on the news, 44! she looked like a leather handbag...Bahahahahaha

she didn't look like any of my leather handbags I'll have you know!

Originally Posted by Jack_

I'll all for freedom of choice but 5 is excessively young and I don't think they're in any capable state of making a rational decision.

18 is too old, but 5 is too young. I'd probably say 13 is an acceptable requirement.

You think a 13 year old child is able to understand and fully comprehend the level of damage that sunbeds/tanning does to the skin? You seriously believe a 13 year old child fully absorbs and comprehends the long term effects? If they say they do understand but still go on them anyway - that's proof that they have no understanding.

A child is not responsible enough to make a decision such as that,for damage that may not show until decades later.

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

You think a 13 year old child is able to understand and fully comprehend the level of damage that sunbeds/tanning does to the skin? You seriously believe a 13 year old child fully absorbs and comprehends the long term effects? If they say they do understand but still go on them anyway - that's proof that they have no understanding.

A child is not responsible enough to make a decision such as that,for damage that may not show until decades later.

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly knew how much damage it does aged 13, I wasn't stupid. And so did most people I know.

So either I'm more intelligent than most 13 year olds, or you don't really have much faith in them, or the education that they receive.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly knew how much damage it does aged 13, I wasn't stupid. And so did most people I know.

So either I'm more intelligent than most 13 year olds, or you don't really have much faith in them, or the education that they receive.

You base all 13 years olds on yourself then? That's quite some thought process there Jack.

Correct; you don't know about anyone else - and again correct: 'most of the people YOU know' does not equate to a sweeping generalisation of all 13 year olds. Also: females tend to use sunbeds, and teenage females in far higher proportion to male teenagers.