HEllo EArl,

On Mon 2037-Jun-08 15:33, Earl Croasmun (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

~> This is what really rubs my fur wrong about these groups.
~> Abstinence is not the answer, education is. 

EC> Then what should rub you the wrong way is the way people
EC> misrepresent "these groups."  She is going around speaking in favor
EC> of abstinence, not in favor of "abstinence ONLY" programs being the
EC> only thing taught in schools.  She says that kids should choose NOT
EC> to have sex, AND that those who do should use contraceptives.

OF course, but although the original was referring to SArah
and her daughter, I was referring in more general terms to
those who do not believe that education is part of the
solution, they want abstinence only education.

YOu and I both know as soon as the kid pops out the other
end of the puberty chute that the horn's sound off and
there's not a damned thing we can do about it.  WE can tell
'em "wait until ... " all day long, but when it's time to
rock 'n roll and the hormones are raging they're gonna do
whatever the heck they want to anyway.  tOmorrow morning it
might be "oh no, what did I do last night ... " but tonight
it's happening.

Abstinence may be preferred, and should be, but anybody with a few brains
cells to rub together knows it ain't gonna
happen that way.  wHether than abortions and morning after
pills better to have the kids carrying a packet of trojans
imho, more cost effective, and less risky.

EC> The same is true of her mother.  She said that schools should teach
EC> the value of abstinence AND also teach about contraceptives.  In
EC> fact she went further than McCain and the platform on advocating
EC> teaching about contraception.


THis is an intelligent approach imho.

EC> But some people just cannot see past party affiliation.
Has nothing to do with party affiliation with me on this
issue.  Imho a lot of the loudest voices in the debate on
this subject are those who would not educate young people
properly.  ABstinence only, like the rhythm method, does not work.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+