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Bristol Palin Proves It: Abstinence Education Is Unrealistic
Pajamas Media ^
| February 24, 2009
| Katherine Berry
Posted on 02/25/2009 11:35:33 AM PST by AJKauf
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:35:33 AM PST
by
AJKauf
To: AJKauf
This fiasco went a long way in sinking Palin’s credibility.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:38:04 AM PST
by
Troll_House_Cookies
(Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
To: AJKauf
I know a kid who was in a serious drunk driving accident.
I guess we should stop telling kids not to drink and drive.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:38:31 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Troll_House_Cookies
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:38:58 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified DeCartes))
To: Troll_House_Cookies; All
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:39:02 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: AJKauf
The Bristol Palins and Jamie Lynn Spears are proof enough that just say no doesnt always sink in.... They're also proof that not listening has consequences....but nevermind that.......
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:39:09 AM PST
by
edpc
To: dead
They’re going to do it anyway.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:39:34 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: AJKauf
So the point of this article is that one’s children sometimes don’t listen to you. I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you. I had no idea teenagers could be so rebellious.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:39:40 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(I shall give their president the same respect they gave mine)
To: dead
Libs infuriate me with this line of “thinking”...
Since someone fails to live up to a standard, that means the standard is worthless?
That sounds exactly like what Satan would whisper in your ear to get you to do something you shouldn’t.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:39:56 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: AJKauf
> Abstinence Education Is Unrealistic Abstinence education must be accompanied by the actual practice of abstinence. Bristol and Levi failed to follow half of the formula.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:41:06 AM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: AJKauf
It is a shame how Bristol words are being abused and twisted.
She made a mistake and acknowledges it as such. She clearly said that, learning from her mistake, kids should wait, while at the same time acknowedlging the unfortunate reality that in this day and age most kids her age aren't receptive for this message.
So does this mean that we shouldn't teach a good ideal because it is too often disobeyed? No! We should continue to teach good ideals, because they are right. But at the same time we should support those who made mistakes, while making it clear that they have to accept the consequences and responsibilities.
THIS is the essence of her statements.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:41:28 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
To: JamesP81; All
I know lets turn back the clock and live back in the pretend world of the 50’s and early 60’s where nothing like this ever happened..
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:41:52 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: AJKauf
My father gave me a good reason to never get a young girl in trouble. It’s called a knuckle sandwich.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:42:29 AM PST
by
RC2
To: AJKauf
If my understanding of the timing is correct, Bristol snuck out for sex while mom was busy having a baby of her own. It is great to teach children to abstain. It is better to help them live up to their pledge by being a responsible parent and not providing situations where they can “slip up.”
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:43:31 AM PST
by
Ingtar
(Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
To: AJKauf
My high school had an abstinance only program to which I totaly agreed, but my junoir year there were 4 pregnant girls in my US history class alone.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:43:44 AM PST
by
lnzog
(I'm from Illinois and I apologize.)
To: MrB
Exactly, even in times when there more morality and standards and yes, even God forbid, shame, there were still teenage girls that got pregnant. Did that mean that we should immediately tell every girl, hey it's OK Suzie got knocked up so you may as well do it too.
No, we said, poor Suzie, she made a mistake, now she's going to have to live with it and it's not going to be easy. Let's help her in any way we can but let this be a lesson to you.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:43:55 AM PST
by
marlon
To: dead
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:44:07 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: SumProVita
The irony of the moment the world found out that the person promoting abstinence had a pregnant daughter also must have gone right over a few people’s heads from what I read here on FR. Granted, Palin got unfair treatment, but this kind of nonsense didn’t help.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:45:35 AM PST
by
Troll_House_Cookies
(Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
To: dead
I know a kid who was in a serious drunk driving accident.
I guess we should stop telling kids not to drink and drive.
Exactly. We should give them a bottle of tequila, the car keys, oh, and a crash helmet so that they're "safe." ;-)
To: NewJerseyJoe
Abstinence education must be accompanied by the actual practice of abstinence. Bristol and Levi failed to follow half of the formula.Nailed it.
I have been amused by the reactions of people to this situation. It's a litmus test for hypocrisy.
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posted on
02/25/2009 11:47:14 AM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life atheist)
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