Va. Tells Men: No Sex With Young Girls
Perhaps I'm a little slow, but I'm having a difficult time understanding why the State of Virginia is feeling the need to spend taxpayer dollars on a campaign to promote a moral stance that should be self-evident.
RICHMOND, Va. - The state is posting billboards with messages such as "Isn't she a little young?" as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with underage girls.
The campaign is aimed at reducing the number of young girls who have children with older men, the Virginia Department of Health said Monday.
In 1999 and 2000 in Virginia, men over 18 were responsible for 219 births involving girls who were 13 and 14, the department said.
Messages such as "Isn't she a little young?" and "Sex with a minor, don't go there" also appear on posters, coasters and napkins in bars, restaurants and stores in five cities.
WTF?? The next thing we'll be hearing is that the Department of Health is sponsoring a slogan contest. Dare I submit an entry or two of my own? Well, here goes...feel free to chime in with your own:
- Mama? Si. Babysitter? No.
- If she crawls into bed with a Barbie Doll, you're in BIG TROUBLE.
- Isn't she your niece?
- If you have to change her diapers, keep your hands to yourself.
- Please make sure she is eating solid food.
- Trolling for dates at daycare centers? Don't go there.
- If she's not out of a car seat, she's not old enough for you.
- Your date shouldn't be meeting you with a sippy cup.
- If your girlfriend orders strained carrots for dinner, you might want to rethink your sleepover plans, if you know what I mean....
- Cleavage? Si. Training bras? No.
- Mature adult relationships do not come with pacifiers.
OK...I can hear the screaming. ENOUGH ALREADY!!! My point, though, is really quite simple. There are rape laws in Virginia to deal with these sorts of things, no? Why, then, are taxpayer dollars being spent on something like this? What does it say about Virginia that this sort campaign is even felt to be necessary? I don't know what happens in beautiful downtown Deliverance, VA, but here in Texas, we take people who commit these sorts of crimes and turn them loose in the general prison population. We call it natural selection at work....
