You can write what you want but you can't manipulate what you see. Anyone who said that photographs could never compare to the written word is an idiot. When you take shock value into consideration, the right photo can destroy any article no matter how well written it is. Imagine being a parent of a teenager and seeing this as you drink your morning coffee. I'm far from a parent and this picture shook something in me that led me to read it. The youth of a country that fought for it's freedom for so long is taking rebellion to a whole new level. Kids in Chile as young as 14 years old are going to 18 and under clubs to "make out parties" and hooking up with anyone and everyone. When I think of the term "make out party" I think of life back in the day when Friday nights consisted of spin the bottle and maybe seven minutes in heaven. Kids spend time during the week send provocative pictures across the Internet using nick names and making plans to meet up at these parties. Club owners defend themselves by saying their promoting good clean fun. They don't allow alcohol and they don't sell cigarettes, even though smoking is aloud. As you can see from the picture the club is promoting sex and nothing else. Last time I checked teen pregnancy wasn't good clean fun.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/americas/13chile.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
5 comments:
This is very true. Kids that young should not be going out to clubs and partying. Especially this type of club. i would not be surprised if they get a spike in teen pregnancies.
shocking picture Sam. I bet the guy who owns the club doesn't have any kids of his own.
That is a little shocking to see, although I can't really say it's surprising. Teens always like to do what will be the most shocking thing
First i love samm! second, i agree with everyone else. i can't imagine the types of lives these children lead or even living in a society where this goes on.
Great picture and article. But I'm sure this is more common than everyone thinks!
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