Ted Rall for May 18, 2000

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Controllables and Disposables Everyone's against teen smoking. But no one cares if you smoke after you turn 18. It's like that for everything... Stop that! Don't you know teen smokers become smokers for life?! I started at 19. My apologies. Carry on. We worry about kids growing up poor, but don't give a crap about their parents. Violence against kids is tragic: violence against adults is Darwinism. Chill out - he's an adult. It may be right and it may be wrong, but you go from precious tax deduction to worthless trash the second you leave childhood. But fear not... Sound the alarm! Cell phones may cause brain cancer in children! What about adults? Wouldn't it be the same - ? Who cares? The solution: reverse fake I.D.! Well, I'll be darned - you are 15! Now get your ass back to your parents' free room and board, or the free public school, as the case may be! Society loves me! Available at a DMV near you