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[Michael <michael AT metalab.unc.edu>]

I think it's splitting hairs mighty fine to say, Oh, well, because one 
thing referenced in the article may have been misunderstood, the whole 
criticism must not be worth our time.

The congressman in question isn't opposed to teaching abstinence as the 
ultimate insurance policy - as he states clearly in the article.  The 
congressman in question is trying to point out that a raftload of 
inaccuracies and misrepresentations and purposefully misleading 
"information" is present in the sex-ed curricula of half the states in 
the country.  I assure you, I would be just as tweaked if the article 
stated that due to dogmatic curriculum choices the feds had funded 
geology curricula which taught the Earth is flat in half our states - and 
I think that's precisely the most appropriate simile I can come up with 
on the spur of the moment.  It's more than offensive to me, it's 
/factually in error/.  It's endangering people's lives, for pete's sakes.

At what point in the misrepresentation of health science information 
should I start to get heartburn?  Should I wait until it affects someone 
in my family?  Should I wait until I read some kid who was taught 
that half of gay teens already have HIV said to himself, well hell, 
the odds are against me already why bother with condoms?  Or should I just 
say my prayers and hope it gets better?

--
Michael Williams                "Also, there's a monkey in a diaper with 
michael AT ibiblio.org                   a machine gun.  I don't understand 
www.ibiblio.org/michael              it at all.  But it's on your side."
www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/                          --Mr. Saturday