about Sexual Education...

One of the many problems in the debate over abortion is the fact people get pregnant in the first place. many talk about birth control, but what of personal responsibility and understanding of sex, pregnancy, and child birth in general? What about the sexual education taught to our children in school, or the lack thereof?

Many beleive that teaching children abstiance is the way, the only way, and everything else is playing dice with chemicals. Others say that properly educated children informed for not only abstianace, but also personal responsibility, contriceptives, and understanding of the remifications of sexual behavior would provide a better well rounded understanding and ability to choose their own sexual path.

what do you think about how children should be taught? at what age? in the school or in the home? and what should sex be taught as? As a negative -something to steer clear of and avoided till 'grown up'- or a positive -something wonderful, natural, but not without its ups, downs, and risks?

"Also, last i checked, not everyone can afford private schools."

That's their fault.  The fact that you can't afford something does not justify stealing from someone else so you can have it."

This guy wants to kill the poor. He's very immoralistic.

>>23
Durr, libertarianism(as libertarian party's version) is right wing idelogy. Capitalism = right wing. Socialism = left wing. Right wing is not synonymous to crazy neo-conservative, nor is left wing synomyos to some brainwashed communist.

>>41
"This guy wants to kill the poor. He's very immoralistic."

No, I respect property rights.  I have no issue with private charity. 

"That's their fault.  The fact that you can't afford something does not justify stealing from someone else so you can have it."

fuck the poor, huh?

>>41 "This guy wants to kill the poor. He's very immoralistic." LOL at you. No fucking generalizations please. No the quality of government contra market isn't fixed. Yes government needs to improve. No democrats are not the answer cept for rare occasions. Yes the current American right sucks.

>>41
 I'm all for personal responsibility, but to give a 'fuck you' to those who cannot afford many of the things that we should have a right to have is pretty shitty. Food, shelter, those are a requisit for life, but not a terribly good one. Education fosters personal betterment. It's not so easy to pay for an education, when the lack of one is the reason why you dont have money in the first place.

There's nothing wrong with private enterprises, but when that's the only option, and said options progress is motivated by profit, shit goes awry. If private enterprises were left to their own devices without government regulation, we would soon be consuming under a single, if not only a handfull of very powerful conglomerates. I'd rather not see a monopoly driven by profit, esp when it comes to education.

"That's right.  It means you will have to pay for things you want yourself, rather than forcing other people to pay for it for you."

well shoot, privitize the military. i sure as hell dont want my tax dollars going to maintain our ever dust collecting nuclear arsenol. While we're at it, let's bring back private law enforcement and fire depeartments. house burning down? Getting robbed? didn't pick the right company? or worse yet, couldn't afford one? sorry, tough luck, come back when you have money.

shut your stupid mouths, worthless americans

>>47
"well shoot, privitize the military. i sure as hell dont want my tax dollars going to maintain our ever dust collecting nuclear arsenol. While we're at it, let's bring back private law enforcement and fire depeartments. house burning down? Getting robbed? didn't pick the right company? or worse yet, couldn't afford one? sorry, tough luck, come back when you have money."

Certain things can't be done by private enterprise, such as the military.  Most reasonable libertarians recognize the need for a police force, military, court system, fire fighters... etc.  Public education is fine with me as well even.  Private schools are iffy, but I would likely support slow & incremental changes toward private education.

The thing is is that in some instances, you have to be willing to give up some rights for the preservation of a relatively free state, and the preservation of your other rights.  This is what keeps libertarianism distinct from anarchy.  We don't want anarchy, we just want things to be a little freer than they are now, generally.

just because you regulate things like hostpitals and schools doesn't mean you're giving up your personal rights. the amount the tax payers pay to keep public schools on alive (barely) is peanuts compared to military spending, much of which can be cut back dramatically without effecting the quality of the operations.

>>50
And libertarians want to remove unnecessary government.  I would imagine this would include the military, assuming they were *actually* spending too much on it.  I have not heard otherwise, at any rate.  We would, of course, keep a military strong enough to keep us safe.  It is one of the proper functions of good government, of course.