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whathehell

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16. Thanks
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:40 PM
Jul 2012

although I'm not an atheist and don't think religion in general should be "held up for ridicule"

I'm VERY much in favor of the separation of church and state and

and against fundamentalist Islam, Christianity, Judaism, whatever,

trumping science and common sense, especially when it comes to health and public life.

Teh stupid! sakabatou Jul 2012 #1
Well, it does! AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #5
The truly sad part is you don't have to have sex to contract HPV. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #14
How stupid. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #2
Their pupils do not have sex outside marriage? Are they really, really sure? tclambert Jul 2012 #3
Just like school administrators LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #21
The HPV vaccine is NO more an invitation to having premarital relations than ... 66 dmhlt Jul 2012 #4
Perfect analogy! randome Jul 2012 #10
The stupid is spreading to Europe. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #6
Not so sure about the "spreading" whathehell Jul 2012 #12
Good point... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #13
Thanks whathehell Jul 2012 #16
I didn't mean to ridicule it in general... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #17
I get you...n/t whathehell Jul 2012 #20
Cool... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #22
Sure.. whathehell Jul 2012 #24
And what if the girls are raped by someone with HPV? Ian David Jul 2012 #7
Exactly. Not all rapists use condoms. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #8
And condoms are largely useless in preventing HPV, anyway. arbusto_baboso Jul 2012 #15
Accepting the parents' premise: Patiod Jul 2012 #9
Aw gee.. whathehell Jul 2012 #11
Even good christian girls who wait could get it via rape 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #18
Idiots. When I was in school, the Catholic school girls were the worst (or best, depending on POV) Xithras Jul 2012 #19
gOD will protect you from cancer... NoodleyAppendage Jul 2012 #23
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