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miriam_eAmazing! Just heard some news headlines and the things that the stupid mainstream media consider most important are the horses in the Melbourne Cup, a luxury boat catching fire, and someone stealing another boat.
No mention of the recent research showing that marriage and religion paradoxically worsen your chances of getting sexually transmitted diseases, and places with many sexual partners are safest.
No mention that NASA has decided to send another mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to do another repair job and further extend its lifetime.
No mention that SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) may be linked to some brain abnormalities.
And I wonder... we are the smartest generations in history, so why do the media treat us as morons?
No mention of the recent research showing that marriage and religion paradoxically worsen your chances of getting sexually transmitted diseases, and places with many sexual partners are safest.
No mention that NASA has decided to send another mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to do another repair job and further extend its lifetime.
No mention that SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) may be linked to some brain abnormalities.
And I wonder... we are the smartest generations in history, so why do the media treat us as morons?
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Date: 2006-11-09 04:01 am (UTC)I can see how marriage and religion could increase instances of STDs... I mean, if you aren't educated about sex and religious people often only get the abstane before marriage speech, then your chances of getting an STD rise. And if you're married, if you or your partner do something with someone else it's usually being lied about which just increases risk in a relationship in all kinds of ways... Not to mention if one person had an STD coming in to a marriage, whether they knew it or not, both partners are more likely to end up with it as I would assume that not using condoms/other STD preventing protection is more common in a marriage situation, especially when trying to have a child.
The SIDS thing doesn't surprise me, but it would be interesting to learn more about that because if it is a brain abnormality maybe it could be tested for in infants and prevent deaths or even be tested for in utero.