From: dillhoff@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Doug Dillhoff)
Subject: Re: Sexuality
Organization: NEC America, Inc Irving TX
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:37:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan08.182833.1020@microsoft.com> fritzs@microsoft.com (Fritz Sands) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.160904.18810@asl.dl.nec.com> dillhoff@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Doug Dillhoff) writes:
>| >
>| >You stated "opposite effect of what they intend".  Your implication is
>| >that sex ed ans drug ed classes are supposed to 
>| >cause the students to not use drugs or have sex
>| >rather than have the data to make their own decisions.  
>| 
>| Children in grades 1 - 5 are to young to make these types of decisions
>| outside of parental authority.
>
>Facts are facts.  

Please read more carefully. I said the children are too young to make
these kinds of decisions on their own. Facts are just fine. Making
decisions on those facts is where the problem occurs. Especially when
all the facts aren't presented (ie. that certain drugs are illegal).

>| >|  A paraphrase
>| >| of the description of LSD is something like: a feeling of euphoria,
>| >| a sense of great wisdom and is not habit forming.
>| >
>| >That matches my experience with LSD.
>| 
>| Exactly the point I made. In a sense they tell a first grade child
>| that LSD is better than candy. They fail to tell them that it can
>| cause temporary or even permanent psychological and physical damage.
>| Nor does the curricullum tell the child that is against the law.
>
>The fact that the drugs are illegal is a fact and should certainly
>be taught.  I'm interested -- what physical damage have you seen from
>LSD use?  I'm also unimpressed by the claims of psychological damage
>from the use of the drug itself -- although I am sure that a combination
>of LSD and a pathological set and setting can cause harm.
>

A special news program on LSD was aired (CBS 01/07?) the other night
which showed several cases of psychological problems caused by LSD.
They also showed a few users who were thought to have damaged parts
of their brains causing acute sensitivity to bright lights and certain
sounds. There were other cases also presented. There have also been
deaths associated with the use of LSD.

>
>Correct me if I am wrong about this, but I believe that you were, earlier,
>complaining that school diversity and sex ed classes were teaching
>a moral/ethical stand with which you disagree -- that homosexuality
>is morally OK.  Now, you seem to be complaining that sex and drug
>ed classes are *not* taking a moral/ethical stand, and are, instead,
>teaching facts.  You should make up your mind.
>
>    Fritz
>

Promiscuity may lead to certain undeniable consequences, pregnancy,
std's, etc. and drug use is not only illegal, it also can cause physical
and psychological harm.  Those are the types of things that should be
taught in the respective ed. classes. Those types of things are very
clear cut and easily seen as problems. Homosexuality as a lifestyle
is a different type of topic. 
-- 
Doug Dillhoff            Any opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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