What’s wrong with “abstinence-only” sex education–programs that don’t mention condoms except to say they can break? Bush claims such abstinence-only programs are all kids need to protect them from AIDS and unwanted pregnancy.
Hey, if abstinence-only works so well for sex-education, why don’t we use
it for drivers’ education?
What, because research shows that kids who take drivers’
ed have fewer accidents and fatalities than kids who don’t learn such skills?
Well, Mr. Left-wing “Scientist,” the Bush team has changed the way we measure success.
From now on, drivers’ ed is a success if 1) kids attend classes, 2) kids learn
that the only sure way to avoid accidents is to stay off the road entirely,
and 3) kids tell you they now have the skills they need. Yes, criteria just
like these are being used to prove that abstinence-only sex education works.
If these criteria work for sex-ed classes, why aren’t they used by med schools? (“You
think you’ll make a good doctor? Okay, you pass,–here’s your M.D. degree and
have a nice day.”) And let’s hope HMOs don’t figure out that the only sure way to keep people from dying in hospitals is to close those hospitals down and lock the doors.
For the real skinny on how the Bush team distorts science with ideology, check out this report from the House Committee on Government Reform.
4 responses so far ↓
1 jr // Aug 20, 2003 at 12:27 pm
Where do I sign up for my Bush Condom so I don’t have to deal with is logic anymore?
Absinence-only works for computers also. Never go out on the internet and:
1. You’ll never get infected.
2. You’ll only learn what Clear Channel knows is right*
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* dig at latest FCC rulings.
2 Betsy Devine // Aug 20, 2003 at 8:06 pm
I can picture myself *saying* I wouldn’t go out on the internet anymore, but I can’t picture myself resisting its temptation. Fortunately, I’m wearing a Macintosh condom.
3 jr // Aug 21, 2003 at 8:26 am
The more I think about it the more I wonder, who should wear the condom. It economics. 1 Bush condom or 236 million condoms (in assorted sizes).
4 Betsy Devine: Now with even more funny ha-ha and peculiar » Freedom of speech, funny ha-ha and peculiar // Apr 15, 2007 at 9:07 am
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