Evil

I've talked a lot about how evil people are who opposed the HPV vaccine for girls. Since the City Pages has an article on the subject today, that gives me the chance to talk some more.

Seriously, people who oppose this are scum. News flash: 11- and 12-year old girls are going to know about sex. Responsible parents are going to ensure that their kids get information about sex from them, and that their relationship is open and trusting enough so that their kids feel comfortable talking to parents about sex. Crappy parents pretend that sex doesn't exist and let their kids get information from friends, the media, and other unassailable fonts of factual information.

You would also have to be a pretty crappy parent to raise a kid that though this vaccine was a green light for sex. Responsible parents, once again, teach their kids about the risks of sex, about pregnancy, about STDs, about potential psychological and relationship damage. Not getting cancer 40 years from now should not carry enough weight to tip the scales.

But good parenting is a lot harder and takes a lot more work that crappy parenting, so I guess that's why there are crappy parents in the world. It's a lot easier to be against the HPV vaccine and pretend that sex won't happen to their kids. That's great, really.

This is what it boils down to: certain parents wish to make a fleeting point to their 12-year old daughter in a way that makes it more likely that she will die from cancer when she is older.

Did I mention that this is evil?