tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14779913.post113398040808126415..comments2023-09-27T11:16:10.764-04:00Comments on Rutherford Report: Former Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Kenn Gividen Getting a Lot of Media AttentionMark W. Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07970323195039101487noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14779913.post-1134833067993264742005-12-17T10:24:00.000-05:002005-12-17T10:24:00.000-05:00Let's think clearly here. This was a student publi...Let's think clearly here. This was a student publication, not a government publication. The school did not publish this article. Is Mr. Gividen stating that the government (the school officials) should have stopped the student's right to publish this article? My understanding is that the whole idea was to tell students to abstain from this practice. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Gividen wants to equate this with pornography. If students are freely engaging in this unsafe practice they should know the dangers. If we as adults want to "hide our heads in the sand" and then deny the student's right to publish their article telling their peers to abstain from this practice, then we are not doing our job as parents and educators.<BR/><BR/>Education is about the exchange of ideas. Education is not just to give facts in the 3 R's but to get students to think and discuss issues. Yes, we parents should be discussing this with our children. But let's be realistic. How many of you talk to your children about "oral sex". I know that I didn't. I had my talk with my son but I did not get into those details. I don't believe that my wife discussed this with our daughter.<BR/><BR/>I applaud this student. My understanding is that this student worked with the teachers to make sure that the correct message got out through the article. We shoud be encouraging this type of journalism instead of calling such a discussion "pornography". Calling it pornography is only creating sensationalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com