08-30-2006, 05:38 PM
Hi,
As to the issue itself, I don't see why it merits much discussion. Condoms are cheap, so even a bankrupt (in so many ways) state like California can afford them. They'll have no effect on the problem and really don't address it anyway, which is typical of modern day legislation of all kinds. And the whole bit about 'sending a message' is just new age crap. People don't listen to government messages. Hell, people pay almost no attention to what the government is doing most of the time precisely because instead of addressing real problems, government fritters its time away on trivia (like making on-line poker playing for real money a crime here in Washington).
Our ignorant and apathetic citizenry deserves the government we have. And our poor excuse for an educational system (AKA, mandatory baby sitting service) is a large part of the reason for the ignorance. But that's another rant for another time.
--Pete
Quote:It has to do with why they thought handing out condoms was a good idea. Are they;Clearly the first word of 4 is sufficient to cover the situation. Perhaps the best thing would be to put the ivory tower ignorant people who voted for this measure into a maximum security federal jail for a week or two to give them a lesson in the realities.
1] Condoning forcible rape, and suggesting the attackers don a condom to be "safe"?
2] Condoning homosexual relationships between inmates?
3] Condoning the Brute/Bitch hierarchy?
4] Idiots that think the only answer to HIV infection is "safer sex"?
As to the issue itself, I don't see why it merits much discussion. Condoms are cheap, so even a bankrupt (in so many ways) state like California can afford them. They'll have no effect on the problem and really don't address it anyway, which is typical of modern day legislation of all kinds. And the whole bit about 'sending a message' is just new age crap. People don't listen to government messages. Hell, people pay almost no attention to what the government is doing most of the time precisely because instead of addressing real problems, government fritters its time away on trivia (like making on-line poker playing for real money a crime here in Washington).
Our ignorant and apathetic citizenry deserves the government we have. And our poor excuse for an educational system (AKA, mandatory baby sitting service) is a large part of the reason for the ignorance. But that's another rant for another time.
--Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?