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To: Stoat
Are you shocked by the findings? Are teenagers having sex younger these days or has it always happened?

No.
No.
Yes

Any further elaboration would raise the level of heat without any corresponding increase in light.

I often wonder why posts like this one ever show up at FR.

4 posted on 03/26/2005 11:34:21 AM PST by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
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To: Publius6961
I often wonder why posts like this one ever show up at FR.
 

Probably because of statements such as this from the article:

The survey of 2,000 teenage girls across Britain with an average age of 14.5 years is the most comprehensive of its kind.

This makes it news, and this makes it relevant.  Suggesting that "Any further elaboration would raise the level of heat without any corresponding increase in light" doesn't exactly give your fellow Freepers much credit for their ability to assess and comment upon news items in a meaningful way, does it?

If you think that it's irrelevant then you are entirely welcome to spend your time at a different thread, but insulting others who care about societal trends doesn't exactly add 'light' to the matter.

7 posted on 03/26/2005 11:41:53 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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