Comments on: Observer: Reading list http://www.davidandrewjohnson.com/2008/08/observer-reading-list/ David Andrew Johnson Sun, 23 May 2010 18:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anna http://www.davidandrewjohnson.com/2008/08/observer-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anna Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.davidandrewjohnson.com/?p=282#comment-8 I think the issue on the fluff piece is the irony between what people preach and what they actually practice. For example, Palin supports abstinence-only sex education for teenagers and deplores the high rate of teen pregnancy in the United States. Her daughter ends up pregnant; certainly not Palin's fault, but had her daughter been allowed to use contraceptive it probably wouldn't be such a huge issue right now. Larry Craig helped enact the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military. Yet he used pickup signals in a men's restroom known for public sex. It's not so much the scandal that holds our interest, but the conflict in which it's grounded. I think the issue on the fluff piece is the irony between what people preach and what they actually practice.

For example, Palin supports abstinence-only sex education for teenagers and deplores the high rate of teen pregnancy in the United States. Her daughter ends up pregnant; certainly not Palin’s fault, but had her daughter been allowed to use contraceptive it probably wouldn’t be such a huge issue right now.

Larry Craig helped enact the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the US military. Yet he used pickup signals in a men’s restroom known for public sex.

It’s not so much the scandal that holds our interest, but the conflict in which it’s grounded.

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