Dying boy, 15, gets wish: losing virginity

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 12/23/01 | BY BENJAMIN ERRETT

[tet68]

I thought conservatives felt that there should be no sex until marriage? Hypocrits.

How many girls would want to marry a dead man?

Still nekkid? Signed Geezer.

[Mr. K]

The problem here is too much public information. Whether or not thes poor childs 'last request' should be granted I will leave up to each of you to decide- and that is what should have happened in this case.

Now we have to have a public debate, and the law involved, and money spent, and new legislation for every single 'once in a lifetime' exception to every normal situation...

[Arthur McGowan]

You have officially declared yourself to be an animal.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

Is this reflective of the way young people view life today? I don't care that I will be missing out on the chance to lead a full life, just let me have sex before I go?

I agree. This is sad that a boy wants this on his deathbed. I am a male and that is not what I would have wanted if I was about to die at 15 years in age.

[FatherTorque]

I agree completely. The GOD I believe in is not going to punish a kid for this.

Some of the responses on this thread are the same type of thinking that keeps me from attending ANY organized church services. I live my life the way I think HE would approve of, and I think that's good enough for me and HIM.

[Dumb_Ox]

uuuuuhhhhhh.... can we say, "false dilemma"? No one is suggesting wife-swapping/getting laid with as many partners as possible/or other nastiness from the "sexual revolution". What this is is one singular instance where a dying boy wants to get laid.

Which, of course, is fornication--the immorality of which was nearly universally recognized until the Children of the Sixties exalted it. The Children of that Revolution are alive and well on FR. Phallocentric Freepers, unite!

Moreover, as a Sexual Revolutionary will try to ignore, this adolescent act has consequences. Suppose that his sexual act fulfills its purpose: namely, reproduction. Who shall pay for this kid with the dead 15 year-old father? Surely the hooker wasn't paid that much; mayber her fee will cover the abortion.

For what it's worth, I am going to mass to pray for the salvation of all souls, including this poor boy, the prostitute, and the morally idiotic medical staff who aided in this sin.

[NeoCrusade]

What's up with this "G-d" thing, anyway? Is that some secret way for the true believers to spell God? I know the Hebrew "Yahweh" has no vowels, but... we're not speaking Hebrew here, folks.

It's very true that the extreme Christian right-wing and the fanatic liberal left begin to resemble one another.

[Sloth]

Also, what people are ignoring is the instinctual urge to procreate when facing death. Studies have revealed that to be the reason why soldiers have been known to be guilty of rape throughout the centuries.

Gosh, here all this time I thought it was because they were evil & selfish, and it turns out they're just trying to perpetuate the species. Give 'em a medal!

[BlessedBeGod]

I live my life the way I think HE would approve of, and I think that's good enough for me and HIM.

How convenient.

[bigcheese]

And, praytell, where exactly is fornication condemmed in the Tanach? (hint: the Tanach is the "old testament"). I find adultery is a sin, I find being VERY promiscous is a sin, I find bestiality is a sin.... but, you know, NO mention of a singular act of "fornication". Hmmmmm.... Daniels' prophesy of a man who would attempt to change the seasons and the Law come to mind for some strange reason....

[Tench_Coxe]

I think it is a far more dangerous path to perdition to consciously place one's self in judgement over other's eternal fate than for a 15 year old to engage in an act of human sexuality.

I would also add that it is a sad thing that this is what the kid thought was the end-all be-all of human existence. I don't think it something to condemn the kid to an eternal damnation. Heck, Jimmy Swaggert and Mr. Baker probably have more to worry about than the kid ( not that I would know for sure ).

[Sungirl]

These people are not conservatives, but Libertarian ideologues and members of the Degenerate Wing of the Republican Party, who like their Marxist brethren promulgate and proselytize a moral-liberal and humanist false-morality.

Umm. Ok.

Hey...you seem pretty intellegent. I need an answer....why does my vacuum cleaner refuse to suck up a peanut but will eat my rugs?

[Eternal_Bear]

Way to go dude! If I had been in your situation, I would have gone for it too. God had to be smiling.

[Tench_Coxe]

There is the New Testament admonition of Jesus with respect to adultery--having to do with looking upon a woman with lust ( in other words, akin to Jimmy Swaggert spending time in a hotel room with a hooker ).

It doesn't appear to be the same thing with the boy.

[Hildy]

HOW DARE YOU ALL. I'm appalled by your self righteousness. The kid is dying. He wanted to get laid. He's a normal 15 year old boy. Normal 15 year old boys think about sex all the time. Of course, they know eventually they will have it. This poor child knew he never would. What the hell is so wrong with asking for it. Gee, excuse him for not having the gift of time to fall in love. What would have been better, to ask to meet his favorite sports star or go to Disneyland? To me, that's sicker than the wish to fulfill a normal physical desire.

[Sungirl]

Still nekkid? Signed Geezer.

Yeah....I'm still nekkid you Old Geezer.