Re: Whale Rider teenager pregnant!

In article <slrneiipi7.mi7.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Justin
<nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Anybody wrote on [Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:20:32 +1300]:
> > In article <slrneiidh7.mi7.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Justin
> > <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> Anybody wrote on [Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:32:03 +1300]:
> >> > In article <9_KdnS5u0KJdybXYnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Odinn"
> >> > <odinn_storm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Pay special attention to the last line of the story!
> >> >> 
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-06-castle-hughes-pregnant_x.
> >> >> htm?
> >> >> csp=27
> >> >
> >> > And she's only 16 years old too ... looks like yet another child
actor
> >> > is going strange under the pressure.   :-\
> >> 
> >> It's so strange for 16 year olds to ****.
> >
> > Depends on your definition of "strange".
> >
> > If you mean "rare" than unfortunately it's no where near as rare as it
> > should be. You can thank moronic "role models" like Britney Spears and
> > the over-abundance of soft-**** in entertainment these days for that.
> >
> > If you mean "idiotic", then yes it is idiotic, especially when a girl
> > of 16 ends up with a baby ... babies should not be having babies of
> > their own. It's usually a sign of something wrong in either their
> > ubringing or their mental health.
> 
> For most of history it was the NORM for girls of 14-16 to have children.

True, but that doesn't mean it was or is sensible or the "right thing".

In many places 16 isn't considered old enough to drink alcohol, vote,
drive a car, or have *** ... it can't even remotely be considered a
sensible age to have a baby or raise a child.