IDing Teens At The Movies
Attempting to shield teens from violent imagery, U.S. cinema owners agreed last week to require young people to show photo IDs when buying tickets for R-rated movies. What do you think?
James Goltz,
Student
"Man, when I hear adults talk about carding me for a stupid movie, it makes me want to get a bunch of guns and shoot everyone at my school."
Richard Borgmann,
Bond Trader
"What's wrong with a bit of the old ultra-violence? Sometimes a droog needs a good tolchock on the old gulliver, O my brothers."
Dana Wynegar,
Florist
"I'm just glad that when I see the South Park movie, the theater won't be filled with noisy juveniles annoying my husband and me."
Michelle Kusick,
Speech Pathologist
"Well, you have to admit that similar measures have put an end to underage drinking."
Fred Hisle,
Systems Analyst
"Shit, man, this blows. I'm 43, but I don't have any ID."
Isaac Brye,
Dishwasher
"There's a statute of limitations on this, right? Because I got into Stripes in 1981 when I was 12."
