https://barelyablog.com/silence-we%e2%80%99re-studying-for-our-pregnancy-test/ by ilana mercer Sun, 11 May 2025 16:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://barelyablog.com/silence-we%e2%80%99re-studying-for-our-pregnancy-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3407 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:43:47 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=668#comment-3407 I read this column and immediately before had read the story of the 14 yr old who had a baby boy at school and drowned him in the toilet. I agree we should re-institute a sense of public shame. But, I am reminded of something I read years ago in Gibbon’s Decline and Fall. The Emperor decided too late that the office of Censor should be re-instated because of the decline in public morals. Gibbon wrote: “A Censor may maintain, he can never restore, the morals of a State.” In other words, like, the toothpaste is, like, out of the tube. There are pockets of morality here and there, where families have well defined principles and faith, and bring their children up with a sense of right and wrong. Alas, such homes are shrinking, as has the market for scarlet letters. You see who the villain is in this story — that pesky principal who dared to point his finger and make a judgment. The obvious answer here is for the Dept. of Education to promote a free condom distribution program for the congenitally stupid.

]]> https://barelyablog.com/silence-we%e2%80%99re-studying-for-our-pregnancy-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3406 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=668#comment-3406 Just another reason why I will enjoy going to the polls and voting against EVERY incumbent.

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