[Kevin Curry]

There isn't a teenager in the world that thinks *they* are vulnerable

Again, how do you know that? Are you omniscient?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I second that, Kevin... and I will also say that I always knew I was a vulnerable person, always feared the danger in the world. Now that I have grown up, I have learned that evil does exist, and that the devil will use any means necessary to lure innocents in. Maybe it was my fear of danger, that saved me, but I would rather say it was God!

[kaylar]

There isn't a teenager in the world that thinks *they* are vulnerable

Again, how do you know that? Are you omniscient?

I never took up smoking tobacco (which is legal), because as a teenager I saw photos in a women's magazine of a brave woman. She allowed herself to be photographed in her underwear, to show the world-and especially young people-the ravages of smoking. From the midchest down her skin was healthy and pink and relatively youthful, but from the midchest up, her skin was a sulpher yellow/gray and heavily lined. Her face and neck looked at least ten years older than her stated age and didn't match the rest of her body at all. Also as part of the article devoted to antismoking, they had pictures of twins : One a smoker, one a nonsmoker. Both were in their early 30s, and the smoker, who'd been smoking since HS, looked 5-10 years older.

This teen at least was detered from using a legal product , a product which has far less terrifying properties than, eg, PCP , heroin, crack, etc, from ONE magazine article that appealed to my vanity rather than my health. Cancer scared me less than wrinkles!

These photos, embarrassing though they may be, may well help other young girls who might scoff at antidrug 'just say no' talk.

[A_perfect_lady]

Again, how do you know that? Are you omniscient?

You never miss a chance to be snippy, do you?