tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post1430924776204330983..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: On sex and educationRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16242793754836672802008-09-02T16:52:00.000-04:002008-09-02T16:52:00.000-04:00Unless you take a religious viewpoint, teenage pre...Unless you take a religious viewpoint, teenage pregnancy is not some kind of sin. The couple involved is voluntarily doing it to themselves. It is usually just stupid, i.e. they'll be sorry about it later. The point learning knowledge is to be able to make better decisions. Education is supposed to give that knowledge, and sex education is supposed to help those avoid stupid decisions. I agree that this kind of lack of discipline or stupidty cannot be overcome by education in many cases. However, I am even more sure that telling people that is sinful or evil will be even less effective. It is also a dishonest and untrue way to make the point. The very stinging irony in this whole story is that, as is typically the case, those who talk the most about virtue are usually also the most guilty by their own standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-91474658713692344682008-09-02T12:35:00.000-04:002008-09-02T12:35:00.000-04:00There has been a lot of drug education and anti-sm...There has been a lot of drug education and anti-smoking crusades through the 1990s and in this decade. What is the result? More teens smoke and use drugs than ever before. Discouraging, no?<BR/><BR/>JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-9068098904838361272008-09-02T03:42:00.000-04:002008-09-02T03:42:00.000-04:00Aside from your unbridled attack on Liberalism, yo...Aside from your unbridled attack on Liberalism, you do make a good case for yourself and your position. I'm a left-leaning Marxist Capitalist. I too believe that education is a panacea for the social ills that ail us. I also believe that virtue, although innate in some, can be taught. We learn and become virtuous when we follow in the steps of those we admire. <BR/>Virtue , in a sense, is a component of education.<BR/>Sex Education is a response to parental delinquency.<BR/>It is an attempt to make sure that our children practice responsible, safe sex.It accepts the premise that sexuality is a force that "abstinence only" education cannot overcome. That Sarah Palin believes in "abstinence only", and that it is a part of the Conservative value system, is understood. But Bristol Palin is proof that " abstinence only" is nothing but self-dillusional righteousness. This Palin teen-age pregnancy mess puts a huge hole in the argument. It's time to come up with something new, lest "abstinence only" become the hypocritical wink and nod lip-service Conservatives are so well known for.<BR/>Maybe Sex Education is the Ying to " abstinence only"'s Yang....Young 4-Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159195318322896154noreply@blogger.com