Friday, April 9, 2010

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool

I'm having one of those moments.

You know the kind I'm talking about. I'm sitting in an empty office, waiting for something to happen, hoping that nothing happens, listening out of the corner of my ear to the television that runs 24/7 on various news channels (and occasionally CURRENT, which is a nice change of pace if you like the same stories over and over), and then....IT....comes on.

A PSE about teen pregnancy.

And, I have to admit, it's a good one. Hits on the main point, that being: Your life will change.

It didn't say anything about contraception, or abstinence, or sterility....just the simple message, Your life will change. And a simple phrase: Pause Before You Play.

But still, a nagging feeling. Bristol Palin.

Kid of privilege, speaking to a constituency that isn't privileged.
If she IS preaching abstinence, that ship has sailed kid, and you weren't on it.

So, I have mixed feelings. The message is a good one, and Knowledge IS the silver bullet of the werewolves of society, but.....

The television shouldn't be used to teach teenagers about sex. That's what parents are for.
Teenage Mothers spouting rhetoric are like born-again Christians. Tartuffe is Tartuffe, my friends.

What's next?

Lindsay Lohan doing an anti-drug commercial? Tom Sizemore?

In Jersey, any thing's legal, as long as you don't get caught?

Too early to get too deep.

I'm going for a cuppa coffee and perhaps a lovely danish.

1 comment:

Gertrude said...

Um Danish!
Have the most wonderful day Clemo!