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Originally Posted by Flubflow
These people are using the STD hot potato as an excuse to promote their own wierd agenda. It is blitheringly obvious that if you abstain from sex then you won't get STDs but it is totally impractical.
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You are of course free to believe what you wish, but I find the way you caricature somebody else's view of the world really quite offensive. There is nothing wierd about promoting a lifestyle which devotes itself exclusively to one other person. Can I suggest you have a lot of growing up to do if you can't see this.
As for 'impractical' - quite clearly it is not impractical, or else such a large number of people in the US (and increasingly here) would not be doing it. I would not have done it, and I'm as fallible as anyone else.
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A general question for the discussion (not in reply to the above): It seems to me, whenever this topic comes up, that there is a surprisingly passionate response from some that borders on claiming abstinence is an evil throwback to the dark ages. I'm curious to know why this is. Is it because promotion of a world view different to their own poses some kind of a threat?