JVB,
Just to satisfy my own curiosity, but how does one come across such articles (14 year olds taking viagra)?
I once asked John Kavanaugh during his JakaB period where he came up with such dark thoughts? He replied that he had purchased a large collection of books, maybe even an entire library, from an estate and that he read late at night on a wide variety of subjects. Do you troll the internet for unusual, arcane subjects?
Bob H,
The vestiges of good manners and proper behavior have given way to free expression and everything goes. Unless you're a member of a protected class, you have no right to expect not being offended.
Today, parents are no longer expected to teach values to their kids. That's now the role of Hillary's village, the public school monopoly, and the children's own peers. Sadly, the disciplinary problems of the everyday classroom take away from our children's ability to learn the three Rs, but not from their focus on adult themes.
If you can take any solace from this is that grade schoolers today probably know a great deal more about the anatomy, ED, and certain types of pharmocology than young adults did back 50-60 years ago. Unfortunately, with the absence of learning good values and ingraining character, the results are often tragic.
I am somewhat amused with the ED ads, particularly the ones with the side-by-side bathtubs outside in panoramic settings. We once stayed a couple of nights at the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge and would have enjoyed our butler pouring us a bath at the rim of the crater. Alas, the best he could do was one in our villa with only a distant view through a window. No pills needed, thank you.