Apparently, the Boy Scouts in Thailand are just a wee bit different than the Scouts over here.....
iafrica.com | loveandsex | news Jamboree planners ready for scout sex: The Thai organisers of the upcoming 20th World Scout Jamboree have said they are ready to provide condoms to scouts who asked for them, lending a fresh slant to the famed scout motto, "Be Prepared". "Condoms will be prepared to provide to scouts who think they will have sex, to prevent diseases and pregnancies," a doctor at the Jamboree's health office Kasem Songchinrat told AFP. "But we don't support the scouts having sex and we will not tell them we've prepared the condoms unless someone asks," Kasem added.
They're not telling the scouts about the condoms. They're just announcing it in the newspapers. (Oh, all right, I know perfectly well that kids don't really read newspapers.) That said, if they're not going to tell them about the condoms, then what on earth is the point?
And they're apparently assuming that it will all be heterosexual sex, even though they're keeping the boys and the girls separated. Well. Yes. Quite. Whatever.
Posted by iain at January 08, 2003 05:16 PMComments
What was the point of this article? To ridcule those who know that there is going to be sex when you throw 30,000 teen age boys and girls together? Or just to show that you are ignorant?
Posted by Linda at February 3, 2003 09:23 AMPerhaps as regards the fight against unwanted pregnancies and the spread of HIV/AIDS it's not a bad idea to issue condoms to teens. Prevention is better than cure.
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