From: murph@buscard.fidonet.org (Brian Murphy)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: Sex ed in school
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 17:24:54 EDT
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dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:

> (to address what bits of Brian are left unshredded:)

Heh!  I have taken a bit of a hit lately, huh?  :-)

> >vote in favor of funding sex education in school, universal medical care, 
> 						   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> That one doesn't really belong with the rest.  I suspect it's just Brian
> lumping his favorite peeves together.  For the record, I grew up in the

Not really.  The original poster suggested that we must somehow take care 
of "defective" (for lack of better word?) babies who are born instead of 
aborted.  Universal health care is what I assume that poster to be in 
favor of and is just another of those hot buttons that we've been 
pressing lately.  Might as well get this one while we're at it.

> Reminds me of a Planned Parenthood spokeslady I heard a while ago,
> responding to the argument that sex, love, and self-protection, should be
> taught in the caring environment of the home... "I totally agree!  I think
> it's a great idea!  But, until it starts to happen, can we *please* have
> sex education in the schools?"  Brian, it *doesn't happen*.  How are you
> going to make it happen?

By insisting that people take responsibility for themselves instead of 
leaving it all to government and the money it costs for the privilege of 
doing an inadequate job.

Mr. Brooks tells us that he finds it difficult to talk frankly with his 
daughter about sex.  I'm distressed that he finds such a wonderful topic
so distasteful.  For something that I'm sure we both agree is 
fantastically important to his daughter, whom we all know he loves to the
very marrow of his bones, to entrust to someone other than himself is
unforgivable!  Can you imagine that?  Rather than bear a little 
discomfort in addressing what, admittedly, could be a "touchy" subject 
for his daughter's sake, he'll simply close his eyes and HOPE (that's all 
you can expect in school) that the school will teach what he refuses to 
as he neglects his parental responsibility.

That's rich, Mr. Brooks.  Suppose a building your daughter is in is 
burning all around her; wouldn't you risk your very life to attempt to 
catch her as she jumps to escape the flames?  Maybe you're a little 
"uncomfortable" with the thought of breaking one of your precious bones 
and would prefer to call the fire department and wait and HOPE they get 
there in time.

People are DYING, man, from AIDS.  Lives are being RUINED by unwanted 
or unplanned pregnancies.  Babies are being KILLED by abortion.  Society 
is being DIVIDED by the debate having to sort it all out.  And you, 
because you are "uncomfortable" in your parental role would have someone 
else wipe up the mess.  Blah!

Take hold of your family, Mr. Brooks, and do what must be done to save 
the Left from having to pick up the pieces of your failures or having the 
Right say you broke it, fix it yourself.  In such a way, you'll only have 
yourself or your daughter to blame for the failure and that's where the 
blame should properly be placed - not on some mystical "failure" of the 
government - an entity not even barely capable of handling it.

"Twelve years of Reagan/Bush" is not the problem...

> I am *very grateful* that the schools now teach my
> children in such frank detail about the subject and, knowing that, I can
> now talk to my daughter about her sexuality.

...the problem is that a daddy needs someone ELSE to talk to his daughter 
about things that will SAVE HER *LIFE,* for Heaven's sake!

                I think I've heard EVERYTHING now...
                         - - - Murph

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