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To: Elroy who wrote (227064)	3/30/2005 3:02:53 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1572371

I'm trying to provoke the conservatives - which (in my never humble opinion) tend to have more restrictive views of sex - argue their losing case that less sexual activity is better for the population. OK, if that's what you want I'll give you as much toward that direction as I can without arguing a position I don't agree with. Any promotion along the lines of "have more sex" by the government will either change people's behavior or it will not. If it does not it is just a waste of money. If it does than we have to consider how it will change people's behavior. Assuming such a program works will it cause more people in committed relationships to cheat? Hopefully not but it might. Would the people it did work on be more or less likely to be careful about protecting themselves to reduce the chances of spreading disease or causing unwanted pregnancies? Unless they are as a group unusually careful you will be increasing the spread of disease and causing more unwanted pregnancies. Also would the people effect only be adults? Probably not. Presumably the effect wouldn't be limited to older adolescents either. If the program does cause more 13 year olds to have sex than I'm not so sure the program would be a good thing. Mostly though I think the program would have very little effect, and isn't something that the government should be involved in anyway, but I've already covered those ideas. Tim