Comments on: Which Do You Prefer?

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:55 +0000

@Gary; When my kids turn 18 and/or live on their own they can have their own views on sex. Until then they get to have my views.

@AD; Huh? I get the middle-aged men with beards and van thing. What does asking Tom Thumb to use better judgement on product placement have to do with censorship?

By: AD

AD — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:41:29 +0000

Censorship is alive and well in the park cities. Next thing you know they’ll have a required separate line for middle aged men with beards who may or may not have a van parked in the Tom Thumb lot.

By: M

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:20:31 +0000

If kids want condoms, they know where they are in the store. They don’t have to be near checkout where impulse items are displayed (and mothers and fathers of young children queue. Not a conversation I want to have with a 5-year old). My sense is that few teens think to themselves while checking out, “I wonder if I’m going to have sex today, perhaps I need a condom.” For this age group, a condom is a pre-planned purchase and doesn’t need to be next to the gum.

By: Gary Adamson

Gary Adamson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:38:07 +0000

If kids are going to have sex; wou;dn’t it make sense to give them access to contraception. I mean; we wouldn’t want anoyone getting pregnent would we.

We may have our own views about pre-marital sex; but it’s upto the kids to decide what their own views are when they’re at the stage where they want to have sex.

Times have changed. It can be unconfortable for older people to see condoms, but they’re something our kids need access to.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:08:31 +0000

If I ever have time to go through two layers of employees…for anything….I will take my own life.

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:38:14 +0000

Part of that lifestyle should include more spelling and grammar lessons. Sorry.

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:30:28 +0000

@Gagree and Matt: Trey Garrison and I had a long-running thread on this blog 2 years ago about teens and drugs. His position was that they were going to do it anyway so don’t sweat it. My position was that just because they were going to try to do it doesn’t mean I am not going to step in and tell them not to do it. Same thing here. Just because porn is available at the touch of a computer button doesn’t mean it has to inhabit the shelves of the grocery store. Just because it is 2010 and “times have changed” doesn’t mean it is right. I am more convinced more then ever, having lived through and participated in a variety of cultural changes, that their is a lifestyle that is more conducive to both physical and mental health. Porn and substance abuse do not fit in that lifestyle and I am going to do my best to explain that to my kids and anyone else who will listen.

@Gagree-thanks for the nod towards my conservatism.

By: Gagree

Gagree — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:15 +0000

@ James Tucker- Are you serious? Talk about overly conservative. Newsflash…it’s 2010, times have changed.

By: Max Fuqua

Max Fuqua — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:40:30 +0000

James, it’s Snider, not Snyder. Sorry, but that mis-spelling tops my list of pet peeves.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:34:46 +0000

That’s a good story James. Tell it again.

Oh, and… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo