07-20-2007, 12:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-20-2007, 12:47 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
"We should be working to clean up the filthy waters our kids are swimming in."
- Mitt Romney
What, excactly, is he talking about? I thought the issue was whether or not to teach kids about sex, not waste management. (pause for laughter:P)
Although I feel puritanism needs a solid kick in the crotch, and I *do* support some of Obama's progressive views (warning: non-American stating an opinion, with apologies to Occhi:P), I'm not entirely convinced of the fact that kids should learn about sex at a young age. Certainly, questions should be answered truthfully, as the skirting of issues and introduction of big flying animals serves little to no purpose. Still, I think kids are already growing up too fast; they lose their innocence (the metaphorical one, not the "filthy" one, as Romney would put it) at an earlier age today than the last generation did, and so on. Shouldn't kids be allowed to be kids? Should we burden them with such heavy topics as sex (same for religion, politics, and other 'grown-up' issues.) Certainly, these topics can (and should) be introduced eventually, but I'm still young enough to fondly remember being 5 years old running around, a blue-eyed optimist, playing in a care-free world. Hell, I'm 24 now and I still want to be a kid! Peter Pan was right all along! :shuriken:
I don't know... the rantings of a bloody European has little value here anyway;)
*retreats to the shadows*
- Mitt Romney
What, excactly, is he talking about? I thought the issue was whether or not to teach kids about sex, not waste management. (pause for laughter:P)
Although I feel puritanism needs a solid kick in the crotch, and I *do* support some of Obama's progressive views (warning: non-American stating an opinion, with apologies to Occhi:P), I'm not entirely convinced of the fact that kids should learn about sex at a young age. Certainly, questions should be answered truthfully, as the skirting of issues and introduction of big flying animals serves little to no purpose. Still, I think kids are already growing up too fast; they lose their innocence (the metaphorical one, not the "filthy" one, as Romney would put it) at an earlier age today than the last generation did, and so on. Shouldn't kids be allowed to be kids? Should we burden them with such heavy topics as sex (same for religion, politics, and other 'grown-up' issues.) Certainly, these topics can (and should) be introduced eventually, but I'm still young enough to fondly remember being 5 years old running around, a blue-eyed optimist, playing in a care-free world. Hell, I'm 24 now and I still want to be a kid! Peter Pan was right all along! :shuriken:
I don't know... the rantings of a bloody European has little value here anyway;)
*retreats to the shadows*
