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Article #2513Re: A question to think about......
From: Chris
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:00
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Chooch wrote: > On 4 Dec 1998 01:49:27 GMT, zarlenga@conan.ids.net (Michael Zarlenga) wrote: > > > > > klaatu (klaatu@clark.net) wrote: > > > (snip) > > > : If he doesn't have someone feeding him delusions like "you will burn in hell > > : if you use the condom", rationality might commonly win out over the urge to > > : get laid without the condom. > > > > And, with a 10% failure rate for condoms, what's he to do when one > > breaks? > > > > "10% failure rate for condoms"? Where did you get that number? Quite verifiable - try Planned Parenthood , or your local physician.... > Regardless, the > biggest single factor in "failure" of a condom is not using it correctly. It ain't brain surgery pal - though amongst males of certain ages the proximity is debatably close. > Would > you ban automobiles because some drivers do stupid things with them? Most likely > not, yet you appear to condemn condom use because of the failure of the user > rather than failure of the condom itself. As with automobiles, condoms can be > _very_ safe and _very_ effective when used _correctly_. The solution to a high > "accident" rate for both automobiles and condoms is _education_, not banning. Er, yep - have to concur there.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101eb4,52806a22d8c9be3e X-Google-Attributes: gid101eb4,public X-Google-Thread: 1130cb,52806a22d8c9be3e X-Google-Attributes: gid1130cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,52806a22d8c9be3e X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,52806a22d8c9be3e X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: Chris <me@my.net> Subject: Re: A question to think about...... Date: 1999/04/24 Message-ID: <372174E2.3DA00A75@my.net> X-Deja-AN: 470898296 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <73t2qi$8g2$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <366228CA.5FBCB89B@earthlink.net> <73ue83$b65$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36637634.9D310230@earthlink.net> <741410$jj2$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3664393E.1D143C9A@earthlink.net> <742ro4$2qb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36658C29.3241B509@earthlink.net> <746dfn$46l$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3667286D.1E308A39@clark.net> <747f37$ci$2@paperboy.ids.net> <36687370.4477246@news.casagrande.com> X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ELN-Date: 26 Apr 1999 03:12:04 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Sun Apr 25 20:15:10 1999 Organization: leads to compartmentalization Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: the, group Newsgroups: ne.general,dc.general,fl.general,co.general