Free Birth Control for 11-Year Olds
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So you don't have an alternate solution and yet you feel it's appropriate to attack this one and those who implemented it. Is that how it works? Really? What do you think your hero of yesterday, Emmanuel Kant, would think of that?
Why should I propose a solution. Liberalism led to this mess. You fix it.
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Is this the BBC Report you were talking about [^] I don't see any reference to 25% but that link is 2 years old. Maybe you seen something more recent. Your last paragraph, frankly, is, I feel, irrelevant. Poor parenting and poor choice of role models, plus peer pressure from their friends, I fear is the real reason for these teenage promiscuities.
No I was talking about a Radio 4 report just in the last few days. My last paragrah was in reponse the post I was tying to reply to which questioned how the 25% figure related to the religious stats for the population. My post may have suffered from the forum post displacement bug like my previosu reply to Zep on this thread. It must be picking on me today.:)
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
not talking about unwed, im fine with that
You're OK with out-of-wedlock births? :~
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sure, adult out of wedlock births. my parents had me 2 years before marrying. and there are plenty of unwed families, that either end in marriage or not, who have strong families...
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
come on girl, you're in america, you should know that as soon as a child has a bruise or there is any hint of abuse child protective services are called, hell if a parent disciplines their child in public they have the same thing happen to them...
That is not every part of the United States. Yes, there are the hyper-vigilantes, but what if the parent is leaving bruises not seen to the general public? I hate to break this to you, but child abuse does happen. In 1995 in the US almost 2/3 of suspected child abuse was reported by professionals - not parents. Look at the case of the girl in Nevada that had the tape shown on cable news TV. Her own mother did not know about the abuse. Abusers know how to brainwash kids to deny and know how to cover their tracks.
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leckey wrote:
I hate to break this to you, but child abuse does happen
of course it does, but an 11 year old should not be making her own medical decisions before she can long divide fractions...
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I made no mention of single parenting. That piece of paper traditionally meant "lifelong commitment". But with 2 out of every 3 marriages failing, lifelong commitment is almost as extinct as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So a reasonable question could be "Well why bother?"
Richard A. Abbott wrote:
I made no mention of single parenting. That piece of paper traditionally meant "lifelong commitment". But with 2 out of every 3 marriages failing, lifelong commitment is almost as extinct as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So a reasonable question could be "Well why bother?"
That's true. But note that you did say that the lack of marriage "does not mean that the adults who form that relationship are not as capable of enjoying a solid family experience as those who do marry". And yet you say that lifelong commitment is extinct. So how can a child-bearing relationship that does not entail a lifelong commitment (i.e. the family will likely be disrupted during the child's development) yield as solid a family experience as those that do marry?
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sure, adult out of wedlock births. my parents had me 2 years before marrying. and there are plenty of unwed families, that either end in marriage or not, who have strong families...
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
surethere are plenty of unwed families, that either end in marriage or not, who have strong families...
That is most certainly a fantasy.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
surethere are plenty of unwed families, that either end in marriage or not, who have strong families...
That is most certainly a fantasy.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
so, an unwed man and woman, cohabitating, cannot raise a healthy productive child?
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so, an unwed man and woman, cohabitating, cannot raise a healthy productive child?
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They certainly can, they're just less likely to do so than a married couple. Not a critisism, merely a widely reported statistic.
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They have done studies and found out that schools that preach abstinence only have a higher rate of oral sex among students because they don't consider actual sex.
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i wish they had taught abstinence at my schools...
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so, an unwed man and woman, cohabitating, cannot raise a healthy productive child?
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
so, an unwed man and woman, cohabitating, cannot raise a healthy productive child?
In theory, but that oftentimes results in "common law" marriage such that the two are at least bound by some legal obligations. And I'm sure there are plenty of cases where two parents behave as a married couple but for one reason or another never actually get married. But to say that out-of-wedlock births enjoy the same stability (in general) as those born within wedlock is surely a fantasy.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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Richard A. Abbott wrote:
I made no mention of single parenting. That piece of paper traditionally meant "lifelong commitment". But with 2 out of every 3 marriages failing, lifelong commitment is almost as extinct as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So a reasonable question could be "Well why bother?"
That's true. But note that you did say that the lack of marriage "does not mean that the adults who form that relationship are not as capable of enjoying a solid family experience as those who do marry". And yet you say that lifelong commitment is extinct. So how can a child-bearing relationship that does not entail a lifelong commitment (i.e. the family will likely be disrupted during the child's development) yield as solid a family experience as those that do marry?
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
A couple who commit to each other, irrespective of marital status, can exhibit a sort-of lifelong commitment (I said almost extinct not actually extinct). This lifelong commitment may be real or a convenience because of the existence of children. Where it is either real or a convenience, as long as that does not provide any form of dysfunctionality, then the children are most likely to grow up as worthwhile members of society. Where there is dysfunctionality, much better for the family unit (married or not) to separate thus protecting the children to some extent of some of the unsavoury aspects of life that is likely to be repeated in the next generation.
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
so, an unwed man and woman, cohabitating, cannot raise a healthy productive child?
In theory, but that oftentimes results in "common law" marriage such that the two are at least bound by some legal obligations. And I'm sure there are plenty of cases where two parents behave as a married couple but for one reason or another never actually get married. But to say that out-of-wedlock births enjoy the same stability (in general) as those born within wedlock is surely a fantasy.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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A couple who commit to each other, irrespective of marital status, can exhibit a sort-of lifelong commitment (I said almost extinct not actually extinct). This lifelong commitment may be real or a convenience because of the existence of children. Where it is either real or a convenience, as long as that does not provide any form of dysfunctionality, then the children are most likely to grow up as worthwhile members of society. Where there is dysfunctionality, much better for the family unit (married or not) to separate thus protecting the children to some extent of some of the unsavoury aspects of life that is likely to be repeated in the next generation.
I would argue that separation is itself usually a dysfunction and likely to be repeated in the next generation. I would also distinuish between the legal paperwork that the state uses to recognise and license marriage and actual marriage which is a state in the eyes of God that is not avoided by failing to fill in the paperwork and requires a genuine lifelong commitment, not for it to be a fact but for it to work. This is clearly a controversial view but makes sense when you consider who invented marriage in the first place.
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A couple who commit to each other, irrespective of marital status, can exhibit a sort-of lifelong commitment (I said almost extinct not actually extinct). This lifelong commitment may be real or a convenience because of the existence of children. Where it is either real or a convenience, as long as that does not provide any form of dysfunctionality, then the children are most likely to grow up as worthwhile members of society. Where there is dysfunctionality, much better for the family unit (married or not) to separate thus protecting the children to some extent of some of the unsavoury aspects of life that is likely to be repeated in the next generation.
Personally, I think dysfunction is the result of selfishness from one or both of the parties. All it takes is effort and a willingness to sacrifice. There are, unfortunately, a lot of selfish people.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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Why should I propose a solution. Liberalism led to this mess. You fix it.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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leckey wrote:
I hate to break this to you, but child abuse does happen
of course it does, but an 11 year old should not be making her own medical decisions before she can long divide fractions...
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Red Stateler wrote:
You fix it.
Their proposal is an attempt to address problems, you apparently oppose it so what is your alternative proposal. Or are you suggesting they "do nothing"?
led mike wrote:
Their proposal is an attempt to address problems, you apparently oppose it so what is your alternative proposal. Or are you suggesting they "do nothing"?
Their "proposal" only expands the source of the problem further. The idea that promiscuity is acceptable was one that arose from feminism and the free-love movement. Since then, marriage has been increasingly rejected while teen and out-of-wedlock birthrates accelerate. To simply provide the means to block an 11-year olds ejaculate from reaching its destination sends a message from authority figures that the sex is OK to begin with and one must not worry about potential pregnancy (so long as you take the steps to ensure both promiscuity and to attempt to restrict pregnancy). The cause (and ultimately solution) of the problem lies not with expanding the notion of acceptable promiscuity, but by restricting it at a cultural level. Unfortunately, half a century of cultural erosion is a difficult thing to undue.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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I would argue that separation is itself usually a dysfunction and likely to be repeated in the next generation. I would also distinuish between the legal paperwork that the state uses to recognise and license marriage and actual marriage which is a state in the eyes of God that is not avoided by failing to fill in the paperwork and requires a genuine lifelong commitment, not for it to be a fact but for it to work. This is clearly a controversial view but makes sense when you consider who invented marriage in the first place.
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Irrespective who invented marriage, it is not for everybody. And where Chancellors of the Exchequer gave tax benefits to those who are married, it is no longer a religious view, it is more like a financial solution. And as you know, today, UK Government treat married and co-habiting (as if married) with equality in almost all respects, notwithstanding the promises of the Conservatives to give greater tax breaks to married persons.
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What if he parents are religious fanatics, she gets strep throat and wants to take an anti-biotic for it? She can't make the decision to at least talk to a doctor about it?
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leckey wrote:
What if he parents are religious fanatics, she gets strep throat and wants to take an anti-biotic for it? She can't make the decision to at least talk to a doctor about it?
Or what if her father is Fred_Smith?
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall
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Personally, I think dysfunction is the result of selfishness from one or both of the parties. All it takes is effort and a willingness to sacrifice. There are, unfortunately, a lot of selfish people.
Anybody rape your wife yet? -IAmChrisMcCall