Comments on: Unintended Consequences

By: Jon Ericson

Jon Ericson — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:38:03 +0000

Speaking of unintended consequences, the administration's policy has so far only served to decrease the number of plans that offer contraception. Xavier University just announced they will no longer provide contraception coverage to their faculty and staff.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:07:40 +0000

Sorry for being so snarky. I really must stop doing that. And thanks for not responding in kind.

TRiG.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:55:03 +0000

Pah. That's just Lewis in crotchety-old-man mode.

TRiG.

By: Jon Ericson

Jon Ericson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:30:11 +0000

I gotta say I had to click over to the article in order to find out what the hell frogs were doing with contraceptives! (Answer for the lazy, hormonal contraceptives end up in the water where it inhibits frogs' sex drive.)

It's really good insight to note that the sex act has myriad consequences of which pregnancy is only the most dramatically noticeable. Even from a secular viewpoint, we ought to repent from our worship of Venus:

“If anyone says that sex, in itself, is bad, Christianity contradicts him at once. But, of course, when people say, 'Sex is nothing to be ashamed of,' they may mean 'the state into which the sexual instinct has now got is nothing to be ashamed of'. If they mean that, I think they are wrong. I think it is everything to be ashamed of. There is nothing to be ashamed of in enjoying your food: there would be everything to be ashamed of if half the world made food the main interest of their lives and spent their time looking at pictures of food and dribbling and smacking their lips.” —C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

By: Michael Hollinger

Michael Hollinger — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:39:17 +0000

I think its a fair comment :) Really I was thinking more of divorce than sex in that instance. In an abusive relationship where there is no divorce at all, people get hurt. With divorce, they can leave. Some of those people may want to remarry - and have sex again. That was really the extent of what I thought there...

By: Peter Turner

Peter Turner — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:13:25 +0000

What part of "Sex" in "Sex without consequences" in a bad relationship is good? Shouldn't sex be removed from the relationship if it is bad? I guess I'm unnecessarily parsing your words. But it could really send the wrong message, you mean "consequences involving other (newer) people" right?

I just figure sex always has consequences, but then again I'm just sniping and you're the one sticking your neck out to write this so I'll hang up and receive my answer off the air.

By: El'endia Starman

El'endia Starman — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:17:01 +0000

@TRiG: Shame taken. Honestly, I have no idea why I passed over that when I proof-read it the first time; I certainly caught it last night. Anyway, it is now fixed.

By: Peter Turner

Peter Turner — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:01:58 +0000

I'm American and I have to say that I heartily despise that acronym, but our proofreader is awesome, no need to blame him. But to make up for it, I'll reference Finn McCool in my next blog post.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:23:08 +0000

The POTUS

Shame on whatever proofreader passed that. Not everyone here is USAmerican. We can't be expected to understand your cutsie abbreviations. I learned that one only last year.

TRiG.