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"Back in the day" you could buy cigarettes from a vending machine. Now with age restriction regulation you can't do that. I propose vending machines that allow you to swipe your driver's license to verify your age before purchasing beer and cigarettes. Such a system would allow the vending companies
to sell user data if desired.
Same thing?
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[theleopard, Nov 12 2008]
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Ah, the final PC predjudice rears its ugly head. |
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Churchill, J.F.K.,Tolkien, Einstein; yep, no room for them in polite society. |
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But at least old Adolf would have got in. |
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That's a good point.
My own paranioa is of course a factor, but is identifying and eliminating from society those with undesirable habits really an answer?
Attempting to eliminate addictions I agree with but eliminating addicts doesn't address the root problem at all. |
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In the Netherlands we have sigarette vending machines for people who are sixteen and older. You can prove this to the machine in two ways: You insert an AGE-COIN that you get from the bartender or you pay with your bank card (chip-card). |
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//I propose vending machines that allow you to swipe your driver's license to verify your age before purchasing beer and cigarettes.// More than likely I will swipe *your* driver's license to verify *your* age before purchasing *my* beer and cigarettes. |
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I'm with zeno. A credit card should be good enough, as the bank knows how old you are. |
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What you might want to do is require a driver's license swipe for all alcohol purchases, and that way the state can take away your privileges for drunken driving. |
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