double-think at its best.



on the failure of abstinence-only sex education to achieve anything in the good ol' u.s. of a., peter bearman, writer of a report on the phenomenon, says, "of course the programme fails in an absolute way, but I would not say it fails. for kids who took the pledge, the age when they first had sex was eighteen months after they otherwise would have."



'but when they do become sexually active, they are far less likely to use contraception than other teens - partly because they spent those months denying that they would ever need it - and so increase their risks of pregnancy and disease', says suzanne goldenberg, summarising part of bearman's report.



if that ain't failure, peter boy, then i'm a military-loving conservative who wants to suck george w shrub's cock 'cos i love him so much.