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‘More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics’ (atheistic secularist view)
The New York Times ^ | Published: July 8, 2007 | By STEVEN E. LANDSBURG

Posted on 07/10/2007 4:35:44 AM PDT by jacknhoo

To an economist, it's crystal clear why people with limited sexual pasts choose to supply too little sex in the present: their services are underpriced. If sexual conservatives could effectively advertise their histories, HIV-conscious suitors would compete to lavish them with attention. But that doesn't happen, because conservatives are hard to identify. Insufficiently rewarded for relaxing their standards, they relax their standards insufficiently.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abstenance; aids; liberalagenda; moralabsolutes; morality; perversity
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It is truly believable how evil always attempts to convince people it is good.
1 posted on 07/10/2007 4:35:47 AM PDT by jacknhoo
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To: jacknhoo

When I was growing up, safe sex meant my parents did not find out.


2 posted on 07/10/2007 4:39:34 AM PDT by Lokibob (Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
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To: jacknhoo

Yes, take a bite out of that apple. Has God truly said that if ye eat of it, ye will surely die?.


3 posted on 07/10/2007 4:41:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
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To: jacknhoo

That is the most incredible piece of double speak I think I have ever come across. I weep for this generation.


4 posted on 07/10/2007 4:47:12 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: jacknhoo

This may be the strangest article I’ve ever read. We need to be promiscuous to limit the spread of STD’s! I’ve never heard that one before.

I found it amusing that in the little story of Martin and Joan. The blame for Joan being a whore was giving to Martin. lol.


5 posted on 07/10/2007 4:47:56 AM PDT by Vanbasten
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To: jacknhoo

So their point is that by keeping ourselves separate from the depraved, we should now reward the skanks by offering outselves up as a clean sex partner?

This must be an except from “STD’s for Lemmings.”


6 posted on 07/10/2007 4:53:34 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: jacknhoo

the author of the article is ignorant as to both sex and economics. Ah, but it is in the NY Times, so this is to be expected. Ever notice how libs love to talk about sex, but they don’t really seem like they are getting any?


7 posted on 07/10/2007 4:57:50 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: jacknhoo

It is becoming apparent that Christians will very soon have to make a choice about remaining connected to this evil societyor to set up an alternate environment for the safety of our children and grandchildren. Jesus told his disciples to shake the dust off their feet from cities that did not welcome their message. They were not required to “cast pearls before swine.” It is abundantly clear that the swine are in charge of our popular culture as it devolves into the sewer. Christians need to wake up and start thinking about preserving the next generation of Christians.


8 posted on 07/10/2007 4:58:19 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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“The author of the article is ignorant as to both sex and economics....”

But, but,!!Its SUCH a pretty thought!!!


9 posted on 07/10/2007 5:01:56 AM PDT by mo
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To: BartMan1; Nailbiter

The liberals will do anything to justify depravity...


10 posted on 07/10/2007 5:03:18 AM PDT by IncPen (The Liberal's Reward is Self Disgust)
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I have seldom seen such idiotic drivel as this article.

I shall stop at the lab and get a can of ether, pour some on a hankie, and huff it.

Maybe THEN the article will make some kind of sense.

11 posted on 07/10/2007 5:18:33 AM PDT by Gorzaloon ("Being Fat, Stupid, and believing in Global Warming is no way to grow up, Son.")
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Is this Steve Landsburg, the comedian? No, I think that would be “Landesberg.”

I usually don’t follow links to the Slimes, but I thought I needed to this time... This guy is a total whack job. This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read... EVER!

Mark


12 posted on 07/10/2007 5:20:17 AM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: kittymyrib

Fear not, kitty. Many of us with children are already seeing to their protection against a culture gone mad.

We’re out here, quietly doing what needs to be done to protect the faith of the next generation.


13 posted on 07/10/2007 5:22:29 AM PDT by freemama
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To: Vanbasten

I found that twisted too!

If the other guy and Joan are promiscuous with no restraints, they both get a disease, and die. Martin is safe at home. Pretty soon, all the ones without restraint are going to catch something nasty, and die, leaving the Martins of the world healthy.

How did the author manage to twist that to the opposite conclusion?!!


14 posted on 07/10/2007 5:28:05 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: jacknhoo
If the (Cautious guys) of the world would loosen up a little, we could slow the spread of AIDS... Cautious guys improve the odds for everyone who's out there seeking a safe match... second... he just might pick up an infection as well. That's great. Because then (he) goes home, wastes away in solitude, and eventually dies - taking the virus with him.

If someone has to get infected tonight, I want it to be (the cautious guy) rather than Promiscuous Pete, who would probably infect another twenty people before finally dying.

Sick!

15 posted on 07/10/2007 5:33:55 AM PDT by joshhiggins (O you who believe! do not take the MUSLIMS for friends)
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To: jacknhoo
As it turns out in the real world, economics and traditional moral thinking are two different things. The point the author is making is that everything in the world involves tradeoffs and the reasonable thinking is how much of what do I want to trade for something else.
16 posted on 07/10/2007 5:34:07 AM PDT by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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As it turns out in the real world, economics and traditional moral thinking are two different things.

Nonsense. This may be true to you and the author of this article but in the real world logic, economics and traditional moral thinking work together.

17 posted on 07/10/2007 5:44:07 AM PDT by pgyanke (Duncan Hunter 08--You want to elect a conservative? Then support a conservative!)
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To: jacknhoo

What a silly article.


19 posted on 07/10/2007 5:48:33 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read...

I think this is part of a new trend, called "extreme stupidity."

20 posted on 07/10/2007 5:52:26 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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