In a message dated 11/3/00 2:17:34 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< umping in and grabbing them is
not the solution. You have to go upstream and find out who is throwing the
babies in the river. Who you find upstream will be the immature,
unsocialized, sociopathic parents who shouldn't be allowed to have babies."
>>
Harsh realities abound. Sexuality, like drugs, know no boundaries and affect
each community whether it is acknowledged or not. I have no doubt that you
knew children as young as 11 and 12 having sex for it is a fact of life. The
truth is, it has been for some time. When sex occurs, the probability of
impregnation looms extremely high, especially if education, compassion, and
common sense are lacking. The solution however is not determining who should
or should not have babies, therefore such a notion is null and should be
voided.
I do agree that existing institutions should rally around educating society
generally about the reality of sexuality. I strongly disagree that all who
fall prey to pregnancy are immature, unsocialized, sociopaths whose right to
choose should be arrested. Case histories exist of America's finest and
brightest being trapped in the very same phenomenon. If you look a little
farther up river you will find that the old "double standard" in American
ethics stands behind this phenomenon. We sell, rate, and persuade everything
by sexual connotation, and age is not a deterrent. Then after convincing all
that sex, or its appeal is the very essence of existence, we balk at
education, birth control, or any matter encompassing the notion of
responsible sexual nature.
This reality is just as harsh. So harsh in fact that many want to ignore its
truth. If we would save our children (parents and offspring alike), we must
embrace the truth and arm them with it. When they fall (prey), every effort
to heal the rift with as natural a setting as is possible is the better
solution. If not, we move into phase II: throwing more and more finance into
a failed solution and compalining even more.
Robert Anderson
Minneapolis
IP Candidate, House 61B
