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Kids n' Kondoms

What age?

  • 11 - 12

    Votes: 6 14.0%

  • 13 - 14

    Votes: 9 20.9%

  • 15 - 16

    Votes: 6 14.0%

  • 17 - 18

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 7.0%

  • Oh, hell no!

    Votes: 19 44.2%
  • Total voters
    43
  • Poll closed .
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Dooble

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At what age should our children be before the school system may issue government subsidized condoms to them?
 
At 11 or under, rather under ... although the statistics are not known, students fooling with each other in elementary schools can't be stomped out. Most girls know that they can safely climb on top of most guys at that time, because the guys are too young to have sperms and so penetration is harmless, but there is always a few % who are not spermless any more. And there are still the STD's.
 
Uh, schools? Why not your local hospital?
 
In terms of teaching kids about them and showing them to kids, 11 is okay. In terms of making them available for all to have, I'd say 15 if you are going to insist on doing it. I personally think they need to keep the distribution out of schools.
 
Dooble said:
At what age should our children be before the school system may issue government subsidized condoms to them?
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At what age should an adult be to realize it isn't the government's responsibility to perform that task in the first place?
 
Manc Skipper said:
There's not that much illicit sex going on around hospitals, poorly people tend not to feel up to it.
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You'd be surprised (or maybe I just have strange personal experiences on this one) but I've generally found that most of those people aint dying, but they are spending a lot of time in a sterile, boring environment with no sexual release, & you know how people can be under circumstances like that. I mean a lot of people dont like to go to long with out a little loving...
 
Manc Skipper said:
There's not that much illicit sex going on around hospitals, poorly people tend not to feel up to it.
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Some of us when hospitalized or sick tend to chart a different course, my friend.

Also, Danger Mouse. Thanks for the flashback.
 
Kr1ll1n said:
At what age should an adult be to realize it isn't the government's responsibility to perform that task in the first place?
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Well, it may not be the government's responsibility, but the welfare mother payment cheques come out of YOUR taxes. HAHAHA
 
Dooble said:
At what age should our children be before the school system may issue government subsidized condoms to them?
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Schools shouldn't be issuing condoms period.
 
Distributing condoms could be a good step in preventing teen pregnancy and controlling STD infection. That and good sex ed (none of this abstinence only crap) could be really beneficial.
 
Dooble said:
At what age should our children be before the school system may issue government subsidized condoms to them?
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I don't see any reason for an age restriction at all. What purpose does restricting them serve? :confused:
 
Never. This is not a role of schools.

What about clean needles knowing some kids use dirty needles for drugs?

Or eco-friendly rolling paper to students for those who are pot-heads?

Porn magazines so they don't look at child porn?

Etc, etc, etc.

If a school handed a kid a condom, it failed, and a pregnancy resulted, I think that school district should be 100% legally liable. Actually, 1 size doesn't correctly fit all. Or if a child contracted genital herpes, for which condoms offer only marginal protection, that district owes costly prescription medication for a lifetime. And if such a condom fails and the student contracts HIV/AIDS, the school owes that kid $10 million.
 
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Manc Skipper said:
There's not that much illicit sex going on around hospitals, poorly people tend not to feel up to it.
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Also, while we didn't have these "mobile phones" and "getto blasters" when we were growing up, we didn't hang out at hospitals much either. But I guess they're doing that now too while listening to their "dub step."
 
jamesrage said:
Schools shouldn't be issuing condoms period.
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It's a really effective place to be distributing them, seeing as that's where kids will be hanging out five days a week throughout most of the day. Trying to distribute condoms to kids' homes would take too long, and mailing them would cost too much in postage.
 
Cardinal said:
It's a really effective place to be distributing them, seeing as that's where kids will be hanging out five days a week throughout most of the day. Trying to distribute condoms to kids' homes would take too long, and mailing them would cost too much in postage.
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The schools have no business handing out condoms to kids period.
 
joko104 said:
What about clean needles knowing some kids use dirty needles for drugs?
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Those should be offered in places where they are needed too.

Or eco-friendly rolling paper to students for those who are pot-heads?

Porn magazines so they don't look at child porn?
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The harm reduction ability of these things is much more dubious (nonexistent?) than it is for condoms and/or clean needles.

If a school handed a kid a condom, it failed, and a pregnancy resulted, I think that school district should be 100% legally liable. Actually, 1 size doesn't correctly fit all. Or if a child contracted genital herpes, for which condoms offer only marginal protection, that district owes costly prescription medication for a lifetime. And if such a condom fails and the student contracts HIV/AIDS, the school owes that kid $10 million.
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That's absurd. No other distributor can be successfully sued for faulty condoms, unless it's due to negligence on their part. So why would schools be any different? Condoms do not have a 100% success rate, and as long as the distributor (whether it's a school or anyone else) isn't telling people otherwise, the user is acting at their own risk. Furthermore, most of the failure rate of condoms is due to misuse rather than production flaws.
 
I love how (some) conservatives frequently bitch about abortion, and bitch about people getting "handouts" because they have kids they can't afford. But are they willing to take any action whatsoever that could actually REDUCE those things? Nope. :roll:
 
Cardinal said:
Why?

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The purpose of schools is to educate, not pass out condoms. Its none of the school's business if kids have sex. If the kids want condoms then they can ask mom and dad for some. If mom and dad say no then they can take their allowance and buy condoms or hop their ass down to planned parenthood to get free condoms.
 
Paschendale said:
Distributing condoms could be a good step in preventing teen pregnancy and controlling STD infection. That and good sex ed (none of this abstinence only crap) could be really beneficial.
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Here's my beef with your ideas.
A) The education system has nothing to do with condoms. I don't see schools distributing flu shots, immunization shots, or things like "Airraid" to keep kids from getting sick. Why is this preventitive measure ok to be distributed in schools? I tell you why. Because the education system continues to overstep it's bounds.
B) We want our schools to teach curriculum that is scientifically sound, correct? Abstinence is proven to be the most effective way to prevent STD's and unwanted pregnancy. We don't teach kids in drivers ed how to drive and text in order to avoid a wreck do we? No. We teach them not to drive and text to begin with. The argument "well, they're going to do it anyway" holds no water. We could teach that about stealing (just steal a little bit), cheating (just get the answer to one question), fighting (not shots to the face), bullying (only if the victim laughs about it), and all sorts of other activities. But we don't. We teach that all of these things are wrong. We should teach that irresponsible sex between teens is as well. We should teach them that they have no idea about the physical and emotional ramifications that come from sex. I'm not against school's teaching about the anatomy of a human being. I'm not against them explaining what intercourse is. However, I am against them teaching my kid about how to have sex and avoid the consequences.
 
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