"darwin smith" wrote in message
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Joe Young wrote:

Tell me Rich...why does anyone other than her parents need to tell her

anything?

That's a good question. In an ideal world, parents would be
knowledgable about the
facts of life and comfortable talking about them with their kids. They
would be home
whenever the kids were home, and they'd make sure they knew where their
kids were
when the kids went out with friends. Life would be perfect, and there
would never be
an abortion.


I never stated life would always be perfect, but just because a mistake was
made doesn't mean we should offer up murder as a way to "fix" the problem.
You seem to assert that since life isn't "ideal" we should just accept a
couple of million abortions in this country every year.


Unfortunately, I happen to live in the real world. This world contains
entirely too
many single parent families, often families where the sole parent has to
work two jobs
just to keep food on the table. This world also contains thousands of
"latch-key" kids
who come home to an empty house, with the parents not expected to be
home for
another three or four hours. In the remaining families, many parents are
completely
uncomfortable with the idea of sex. The "talk" consists of the parents
stammering and
stuttering, and finally saying something like "here's a book, ask your
mother if you have
any questions, and don't do it."

So in your mind ol' Joe lunchbucket doesn't do it "right", so your going to
appoint someone who does. Or... life is just too complicted for everyone so
let's just relieve them of the most significant responsibilites they will
incur in their lifetime.... their kids. As long as we keep lowering our
expectations, we will always acheive exactly those low expectations...or
less... Carried to the extreme...why don't we just tell them to do what
ever feels good because there really isn't any consequenses? Here are your
condoms (let me know if you need more)... there is your local abortionist is
that fails... an oh by the way...what ever you do... don't get invovled with
you local church. You know they really are a bunch of zealots that want to
control your body in addition to your mind...

It would be nice if every parent accepted their responsibilities like
you suggest, but
until that happens someone needs to step in and fill the gap. Right now,
it isn't happening.

That someone should not be a government employee backed by politically
charged rhetoric and social agendas. It is NOT the state's place to be
doling out reproductive advice, and it is definately not the state's place
to be doling out murder disguised as family planning. This bullsh!t failed
in the Soviet Union, it is failing in Cuba, it is failing in North Korea, it
is failing in most of Europe. Centralized planning has never worked in any
society, yet we have a bunch of pointy-nosed intelectuals, and
smarter-than-thou do-gooders that want to keep hoisting it on the American
populus....Why? Is power really that intoxicating?

We have been dumbing down, and lowering our social expectations since the
1960's... To your point, it is not working. Why don't we try raising
expectations? I know that probably sound like a mean old conservative
tactic, but it just might work...