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	<title>Comments on: Bristol Palin (Now) Thinks Abstinence is &#8220;The Only Way&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Miss Lissy</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-32194</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss Lissy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Miss Lissy</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-32193</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss Lissy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 19:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casey, I think we would be pretty good friends if we knew each other outside of this little blog commenting deal. I don&#039;t think it sounds crazy at all. You know, it&#039;s never too late to go back to being abstinent if that&#039;s what you want.  
 
And thanks, I really appreciate that. I didn&#039;t write down my thoughts to be commended or anything, I wrote them down to give the other side. And I may be strong for that, but everyone has something that they fall down in you know? But thank you, very much. I hope I am someone worthy of your looking up to.  
 
(PS - scared to put this out there, but you&#039;re cool. If you want to stay in touch, my blog is collegesuitcase.wordpress.com ) ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Casey, I think we would be pretty good friends if we knew each other outside of this little blog commenting deal. I don&#039;t think it sounds crazy at all. You know, it&#039;s never too late to go back to being abstinent if that&#039;s what you want. </p>
<p>And thanks, I really appreciate that. I didn&#039;t write down my thoughts to be commended or anything, I wrote them down to give the other side. And I may be strong for that, but everyone has something that they fall down in you know? But thank you, very much. I hope I am someone worthy of your looking up to. </p>
<p>(PS &#8211; scared to put this out there, but you&#039;re cool. If you want to stay in touch, my blog is collegesuitcase.wordpress.com )</p>
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		<title>By: Casey</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31907</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haha! Melissa I think it&#039;s funny that you thought I was a guy, because I figured I would get that a lot more often from the comments I make, but no, I am in fact a girl (although I think i&#039;m greatly lacking in estrogen lol).  But no I do agree with everything you said. I was brought up with an abstinence only education and, had I not been raped by my boyfriend when I was 13, I would likely still be a virgin. (I chose to continue to have sex, because I felt if god had allowed my virginity to be taken from me like that than being abstinent must not have been THAT big of a deal to him) I think I was wrong about that, and I feel I was given a test and failed, but I&#039;m sure all that sounds crazy so I&#039;ll digress. 

Melissa, I commend you on your choice, I think you are a lot stronger than the majority of the human population. I mean you must be since you can withstand temptation like that. So Congrats on your achievements. I look up to you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha! Melissa I think it&#8217;s funny that you thought I was a guy, because I figured I would get that a lot more often from the comments I make, but no, I am in fact a girl (although I think i&#8217;m greatly lacking in estrogen lol).  But no I do agree with everything you said. I was brought up with an abstinence only education and, had I not been raped by my boyfriend when I was 13, I would likely still be a virgin. (I chose to continue to have sex, because I felt if god had allowed my virginity to be taken from me like that than being abstinent must not have been THAT big of a deal to him) I think I was wrong about that, and I feel I was given a test and failed, but I&#8217;m sure all that sounds crazy so I&#8217;ll digress. </p>
<p>Melissa, I commend you on your choice, I think you are a lot stronger than the majority of the human population. I mean you must be since you can withstand temptation like that. So Congrats on your achievements. I look up to you.</p>
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		<title>By: Say What?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31838</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 03:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you you guys for agreeing with me. While I feel that abstinence should be the only answer, I do respect your opinions and at least understand where you&#039;re coming from. I mean, I grew up with an abstinence only education and it worked for me. It&#039;s a culture thing though as well. If we tell people that abstinence isn&#039;t a realistic solution, are they gonna view it as one, or are they going to take the easier route? You know, that&#039;s what I worry about, that if there&#039;s so much criticism of it out there, it will make people feel like it&#039;s not a realistic option for them, especially because it is viewed by a lot of people in a lesser light. And people assume you&#039;re doing things. When I changed from college and high school and people found out how long I had been dating my boyfriend, most of them assumed I had been to at least third base, when that is anything but true you know? It&#039;s built into our culture that you have to be having sex and there is definitely a pressure or like there&#039;s something wrong with you if you&#039;re in a long term relationship and you&#039;re abstinent, which leads me to feel like no wonder people don&#039;t think it&#039;s a realistic option - I don&#039;t want to be looked down upon for a personal choice. 

And as a side note, from your statement about girls Casey, that gives me the impression you might be male? Totally may be wrong on that. I know though that my actions have consequences. There are girls who recognize that. Sex isn&#039;t meant to be had with no strings attached, at least I feel. There are too many possible physical and emotional problems that can happen. And I&#039;ve seen too many people hurt. 

And I can tell you, as a conservative, that it&#039;s not just in the media we get bashed, it&#039;s in real life too. I don&#039;t think people realize that I have as much of a right to my opinion on a subject like this as a person with a differing opinion has. At least that&#039;s my feel on it. I always feel like I&#039;m being told to be tolerant of their opinions, but there&#039;s not always a lot of tolerance left for me. And I&#039;m not saying anything personal against you guys, because I think we&#039;ve all been very respectful towards each other and for that I am truly appreciative. 

And Annie, at least what you have said about how most young mothers don&#039;t want to have sex for a long, long time is true at least in my experience. I know one of my best friends had a baby in December and I ended up being asked for advice by both her and her boyfriend because he really wanted to keep having sex and she was like no way, because of everything that happened.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you you guys for agreeing with me. While I feel that abstinence should be the only answer, I do respect your opinions and at least understand where you&#8217;re coming from. I mean, I grew up with an abstinence only education and it worked for me. It&#8217;s a culture thing though as well. If we tell people that abstinence isn&#8217;t a realistic solution, are they gonna view it as one, or are they going to take the easier route? You know, that&#8217;s what I worry about, that if there&#8217;s so much criticism of it out there, it will make people feel like it&#8217;s not a realistic option for them, especially because it is viewed by a lot of people in a lesser light. And people assume you&#8217;re doing things. When I changed from college and high school and people found out how long I had been dating my boyfriend, most of them assumed I had been to at least third base, when that is anything but true you know? It&#8217;s built into our culture that you have to be having sex and there is definitely a pressure or like there&#8217;s something wrong with you if you&#8217;re in a long term relationship and you&#8217;re abstinent, which leads me to feel like no wonder people don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a realistic option &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to be looked down upon for a personal choice. </p>
<p>And as a side note, from your statement about girls Casey, that gives me the impression you might be male? Totally may be wrong on that. I know though that my actions have consequences. There are girls who recognize that. Sex isn&#8217;t meant to be had with no strings attached, at least I feel. There are too many possible physical and emotional problems that can happen. And I&#8217;ve seen too many people hurt. </p>
<p>And I can tell you, as a conservative, that it&#8217;s not just in the media we get bashed, it&#8217;s in real life too. I don&#8217;t think people realize that I have as much of a right to my opinion on a subject like this as a person with a differing opinion has. At least that&#8217;s my feel on it. I always feel like I&#8217;m being told to be tolerant of their opinions, but there&#8217;s not always a lot of tolerance left for me. And I&#8217;m not saying anything personal against you guys, because I think we&#8217;ve all been very respectful towards each other and for that I am truly appreciative. </p>
<p>And Annie, at least what you have said about how most young mothers don&#8217;t want to have sex for a long, long time is true at least in my experience. I know one of my best friends had a baby in December and I ended up being asked for advice by both her and her boyfriend because he really wanted to keep having sex and she was like no way, because of everything that happened.</p>
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		<title>By: The weeks Links &#124; Pixl Pixies</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31690</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The weeks Links &#124; Pixl Pixies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Annie</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31472</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops. *Speaking of hypocrisy, what about Miss California? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops. *Speaking of hypocrisy, what about Miss California?</p>
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		<title>By: Annie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayla is exactly right on this. 
Of course people can choose abstinence as a personal choice! As a policy, however, it isn&#039;t effective. Just look at the statistics. When kinds are told not to have sex, its just one more rule in their lives that they are probably going to break. When they are taught how to have sex safely, it doesn&#039;t seem preachy and is far more effective. Abstinence should be taught side-by-side with other forms of birth control; after all, its nearly 100% effective. =) 
 
I don&#039;t want to criticize Bristol here. She was stupid about her sexual life and now she realizes it, so on afterthought abstinence seems like a good idea. I&#039;m sure most young mothers don&#039;t want to have sex for a long, long time. 
 
I&#039;d like to add that this hypocrisy, what about Miss California? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ayla is exactly right on this.</p>
<p>Of course people can choose abstinence as a personal choice! As a policy, however, it isn&#039;t effective. Just look at the statistics. When kinds are told not to have sex, its just one more rule in their lives that they are probably going to break. When they are taught how to have sex safely, it doesn&#039;t seem preachy and is far more effective. Abstinence should be taught side-by-side with other forms of birth control; after all, its nearly 100% effective. =)</p>
<p>I don&#039;t want to criticize Bristol here. She was stupid about her sexual life and now she realizes it, so on afterthought abstinence seems like a good idea. I&#039;m sure most young mothers don&#039;t want to have sex for a long, long time.</p>
<p>I&#039;d like to add that this hypocrisy, what about Miss California?</p>
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		<title>By: Lily</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31470</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha ha! I think people just see the name &quot;Casey&quot; at the top of a post and immediately take offense and start bashing her/ arguing with her.  
 
But she&#039;s right, the only reason anyone on this site is paying attention to Bristol is because she&#039;s conservative, and since this site is extremely liberal, any opportunity they can find to make fun of a conservative in the media they will take advantage of it.  
 
Liberals say some pretty stupid shit too, but you wont find anyone making fun of them on this site. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha ha! I think people just see the name &quot;Casey&quot; at the top of a post and immediately take offense and start bashing her/ arguing with her. </p>
<p>But she&#039;s right, the only reason anyone on this site is paying attention to Bristol is because she&#039;s conservative, and since this site is extremely liberal, any opportunity they can find to make fun of a conservative in the media they will take advantage of it. </p>
<p>Liberals say some pretty stupid shit too, but you wont find anyone making fun of them on this site.</p>
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		<title>By: Erin</title>
		<link>http://collegecandy.com/2009/05/06/bristol-palin-now-thinks-abstinence-is-the-only-way/#comment-31468</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never called her a hypocrite there are lots of things I love to call her, that is not one. She is misguided and pitiful. She is caught in a tangled web of her mothers politics, the media, and teenage pregnancy. She should never have been dragged into the media, that is the last thing a pregnant teenage girl needs. I feel bad for her because she should have been able to live a regular life, bringing up her child in relative peace not in front of the world. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never called her a hypocrite there are lots of things I love to call her, that is not one. She is misguided and pitiful. She is caught in a tangled web of her mothers politics, the media, and teenage pregnancy. She should never have been dragged into the media, that is the last thing a pregnant teenage girl needs. I feel bad for her because she should have been able to live a regular life, bringing up her child in relative peace not in front of the world.</p>
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