If tanned is considered beautiful in society, then being tanned is beautiful, because your outward beauty is defined by those who look upon you. Said in a another way, if everybody thinks that you have to be tanned to be beautiful, then you do. People then stand with a choice, do they want to be beautiful or not. And if the cost is a theoretical chance of skin-cancer, in a distant future where skin cancer might be fully curable, then who can blame them.
Also, many enyoy being in the sun for various reasons such as sport or outdoor drinking. The fact that they value doing this while they are young over the undefinable possiblity of skincancer is not nessacarily a sign of stupidity, just a different evaluation of benefits than your own.
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If tanned is considered beautiful in society, then being tanned is beautiful, because your outward beauty is defined by those who look upon you. Said in a another way, if everybody thinks that you have to be tanned to be beautiful, then you do. People then stand with a choice, do they want to be beautiful or not. And if the cost is a theoretical chance of skin-cancer, in a distant future where skin cancer might be fully curable, then who can blame them.
Also, many enyoy being in the sun for various reasons such as sport or outdoor drinking. The fact that they value doing this while they are young over the undefinable possiblity of skincancer is not nessacarily a sign of stupidity, just a different evaluation of benefits than your own.
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June 9, 2009 - 4:42amThis Comment
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