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A young lady was denied by her family the benefit of an education regarding contraceptives and who after becoming pregnant as a result of the ignorance inflicted on her by her parents was advised that her only option was to marry the boy who impregnated her. It didn't appear that she was given the knowledge she needed to prevent the pregnancy, nor the option after it occurred to either terminate it or not marry her boyfriend. It just seems doubtful that her parents would have taken her to get birth control pills or support her if she chose to have an abortion. She had sex she was ill prepared for and was getting pushed in to a shotgun wedding. |
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10-09-2009, 03:28 PM | #48 | |
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If you are talking about the Palins, I believe that they eventually did allow her NOT to marry the father of her child and at no point was the "shotgun" scenario ever reported. In fact, the child's father has been happily riding his 15 minutes of fame to the point that, I feel, if that scenario had been presented, he would have shouted it from every talk show couch available. Frankly, if it had been my daughter and he the father of her child, I would have told her to chuck him out the door and make it on her own (with my help, of course) once his true character started spilling out into the press. I have a feeling that might be exactly what happened with the Palins. |
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10-09-2009, 06:08 PM | #49 |
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I was talking about the Palins. You had pointed out that you shared some of the values expressed by Palin (e.g. abstinence is best for teenagers) and I was attempting to articulate that Palin's daughter's situation looked more sinister to someone who doesn't share her values. I hope you weren't offended, because that was not my intention. I apologize if that's what happened.
Well, these days parents can't actually force marriage on their children (in this country, anyway), but given what we know about Palin's daughter and her ex-boyfriend it seems doubtful that the engagement was their idea, and given what we know about her views on abortion it seems doubtful that she would have supported her daughter in making that choice. |
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10-10-2009, 02:44 AM | #51 | |
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In the US there is currently a shortage of interview shows on the broadcast television networks. So candidates for the highest offices of the land stoop to being interviewed on midnight comedy shows such as Letterman's, where the conversation is rarely serious or intelligent. Thus, it is particularly appalling that someone who interviews Presidential candidates has been using the casting couch for apparently 30 years. Last edited by GA Russell; 10-10-2009 at 02:54 AM. |
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10-10-2009, 08:42 AM | #53 | |
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10-10-2009, 09:56 AM | #54 | |
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Why should they become legitimate targets for the press any more than anyone else? |
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10-11-2009, 05:58 PM | #56 |
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Letterman's not the only one! This picture of my great-niece appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno a few years ago:
She says it was part of a skit. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-15-2009 at 08:50 PM. |
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It's all about perspective, personally I would class myself as being more in the middle, your stated opinions such as the news having a liberal bias and supporting abstince sex-ed actually put you quite firmly to the right of centre.
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10-12-2009, 08:18 AM | #58 | |
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Anyway, there have been studies on media bias. Here is one by UCLA: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...UCLA-6664.aspx You may not agree with this study and you may not agree with me, but you should show some care when classifying someone else as "quite firmly right of centre" based on supporting abstinence sex-ed and stating the media has bias. Perhaps this person also believes in a very progressive income tax, welfare programs, affirmative action and other such causes. |
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10-12-2009, 11:10 AM | #60 | |
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http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1001/campaign-media It appears that when someone makes a claim that certain media outlets have a bias to the left, that person is often labeled as a right-leaning conservative. I would venture to guess, however, that quite a few independents understand that there have been studies that support the claim. |
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