KillerMuffin
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Colin Powell took a solid and practical stand on MTV the other day. Why he would be anywhere near that ridiculous bit of TV uselessness, I wouldn't even begin to imagine, but he was. Anyway, he said this:
"In my own judgement, condoms are the way to prevent infection and, therefore, I not only support their use, I encourage their use," he said in response to a question from a young Italian.
Powell added, "Forget about taboos, forget about conservative ideas with respect to what you should tell young people about it. It's the lives of young people that are put at risk by unsafe sex, and therefore protect yourself."
I applaud the man. Standing ovation time. It's about time someone in leadership recognized the difference between reality and pipe dreams.
What do the local hypocrit-- I mean Christians say?
"Former Republican presidential candidate and Christian activist Gary Bauer said on Thursday that condoms gave people a "false sense of security" and told Powell to "follow the lead of the Bush administration which he serves."
and
"Colin Powell is a career soldier. He knows what it means to follow the commander in chief. We have to assume he wouldn't contradict his boss without approval," said Dr. James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family. "If that's not the case, the president needs to publicly repudiate these statements immediately."
Just oh my fucking gawd. "Let's advocate abstinence!" Shya right. These people were suckin' and fuckin' pre-marriage you know. Abstinence is the best, there is no doubt about that. Abstinence is a fantasy, a ridiculously unrealistic notion that completely ignores one simple fact. People are going to fuck. Particularly teenaged people who are told not to fuck. What's better? Condoms or bareback?
I say give 'em a condom. Promote abstinence, yes. But make sure that for those that thumb their noses at authority (most of them) that there is something for them to protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy.
And the Pope is having a cow because Brazil has decided to give out free condoms since AIDS is an epidemic there. He wants people to die for his religion.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=599730
*grumbles and slinks off to go do happier things*
"In my own judgement, condoms are the way to prevent infection and, therefore, I not only support their use, I encourage their use," he said in response to a question from a young Italian.
Powell added, "Forget about taboos, forget about conservative ideas with respect to what you should tell young people about it. It's the lives of young people that are put at risk by unsafe sex, and therefore protect yourself."
I applaud the man. Standing ovation time. It's about time someone in leadership recognized the difference between reality and pipe dreams.
What do the local hypocrit-- I mean Christians say?
"Former Republican presidential candidate and Christian activist Gary Bauer said on Thursday that condoms gave people a "false sense of security" and told Powell to "follow the lead of the Bush administration which he serves."
and
"Colin Powell is a career soldier. He knows what it means to follow the commander in chief. We have to assume he wouldn't contradict his boss without approval," said Dr. James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family. "If that's not the case, the president needs to publicly repudiate these statements immediately."
Just oh my fucking gawd. "Let's advocate abstinence!" Shya right. These people were suckin' and fuckin' pre-marriage you know. Abstinence is the best, there is no doubt about that. Abstinence is a fantasy, a ridiculously unrealistic notion that completely ignores one simple fact. People are going to fuck. Particularly teenaged people who are told not to fuck. What's better? Condoms or bareback?
I say give 'em a condom. Promote abstinence, yes. But make sure that for those that thumb their noses at authority (most of them) that there is something for them to protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy.
And the Pope is having a cow because Brazil has decided to give out free condoms since AIDS is an epidemic there. He wants people to die for his religion.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=599730
*grumbles and slinks off to go do happier things*
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