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Billboards Urge Men Not To Have Sex With Minors
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Posted on 06/15/2004 6:36:14 AM PDT by esryle
RICHMOND, Va. -- The state is posting billboards with messages such as "Isn't she a little young?" as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with underage girls.
The campaign is aimed at reducing the number of young girls who have children with older men, the Virginia Department of Health said Monday.
In 1999 and 2000 in Virginia, men over 18 were responsible for 219 births involving girls who were 13 and 14, the department said.
Messages such as "Isn't she a little young?" and "Sex with a minor, don't go there" also appear on posters, coasters and napkins in bars, restaurants and stores in five cities.
"We encourage adult men to talk to their peers and discourage them from pursuing teenagers. What they are doing is unhealthy and against the law," said Robert Franklin, a health department official.
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To: Old Sarge
Amazing that someone thinks this actually needs to be said! YIKES!!!! I'd hate to have to explain that billboard to my kids! Grrrrrrr!!!
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:53:32 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Please pray for the 2/7 Marines and Josh.)
To: esryle
I think the catch-phrase "fifteen will get you twenty" was much more effective. Unfortunately, this is not true anymore...
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:53:45 AM PDT
by
bondjamesbond
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: martin_fierro
LOL, but yikes at the same time!
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:55:03 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: Agnes Heep; Corin Stormhands; iceskater; Coop; Gabz; AppyPappy; Militiaman7
"These billboards are an open admission that the state either can't or won't enforce its laws--a gilt-edged invitation for adult men to pursue teenage girls." No, it's not...not in the least. Virginia prosecutes offenders when they are caught. Just a few months ago, a VA Tech football player (18) was prosecuted for having sex with a 15-year-old. I'm not saying they threw the book at him, but I believe he got some jail time.
Virginia is no haven fer pedophiles...MUD
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:55:28 AM PDT
by
Mudboy Slim
(Revive the Reagan Revolution...NOW!!)
To: esryle
This is disturbing, what next?
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:59:25 AM PDT
by
Lx
(If you're not depressed, you haven't been paying attention...)
To: counterpunch
SAN FRANCISCO, California - The state is posting billboards with messages such as "Isn't she a man?" as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with each other.
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posted on
06/15/2004 6:59:56 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy)
To: esryle
Billboard-One in 4 homosexual men will catch AIDS in the next 10 years. One in 4 million heterosexual men will.
Pray for W and The Truth
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:00:51 AM PDT
by
bray
(Let's win one more for the Gipper)
To: Jimmyclyde
...i'd definitely chip in some funds should some enterprising freeper in Ca. make that happen...
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:01:06 AM PDT
by
cweese
To: Jimmyclyde
Hah! Should have read yours first.
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:01:08 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy)
To: Sender
YOu guys are killing me here!!!! ROFLOL!!
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:01:47 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Please pray for the 2/7 Marines and Josh.)
To: Mudboy Slim
Virginia is no haven fer pedophiles... Thank goodness.
But as another poster said......they will probably be about as effective as the anti-smoking billboards.
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:03:58 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
To: Gabz
It is a sad commentary on our morals that we have to do this.....
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:07:27 AM PDT
by
Gopher Broke
(Abortion: Big people killing little people)
To: Gopher Broke
I agree..........especially as the mother of a soon to be 6 year old daughter.
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:08:22 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
To: Gabz
This in my hometown? Good grief.
To: Gabz
"...they will probably be about as effective as the anti-smoking billboards." No argument here...it's probably wasted money...MUD
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:08:45 AM PDT
by
Mudboy Slim
(Revive the Reagan Revolution...NOW!!)
To: ICX
Actually I remember it to be an Oldsmobile
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:11:11 AM PDT
by
UB355
To: Mudboy Slim
...it's probably wasted money... But we know they're good at that in Richmond................
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:12:55 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
To: Mudboy Slim
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:14:37 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: esryle
As serious as having sex with minors might be, it's only the tip of the iceberg.
We should have billboards urging men not to drown children in bathtubs.
Or billboards urging men not to smash babies' heads into sidealks.
There's just no end to the horror caused by men.
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:29:51 AM PDT
by
Nick Danger
(With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.)
To: esryle
Isn't this discrimination against those who are genetically predisposed to having sex with young people? It's just a different lifestyle and not an issue of morality, just another hue in the rainbow we should all be celebrating. You can't legislate morality, blah blah blah blah blah [/puke]
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posted on
06/15/2004 7:35:48 AM PDT
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