Day: December 8, 2009

Not that I’m putting a gun to anyone’s head, you understand, but hey, an award’s an award. So vote early, vote often.

Vote Shadow Complex!

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A teenage high school girl in Texas was benched by the coach of her volleyball team because she’s pregnant, even though she presented a doctor’s note that stated she was ready to play.

On the one hand, I understand her and her parent’s anger, and of course the inevitable law suit. But here’s the thing: I’m reminded of the fireman who took his young son on a joyride on the fire truck after he’d gotten permission from his superior to do so. And the son fell off and injured himself and the guy sued the fire department contending they shouldn’t have let him do it in the first place. Which, in fact, they shouldn’t have, but that’s not the point. The point is that a lot of people have trouble with the concept of personal responsibility. Which is a long-winded way of saying that if a pregnant girl is allowed to participate in a high speed, contact sport, Title IX notwithstanding, and she sustains an injury that causes her to miscarry…can’t you just see the parents turning around and suing the school, contending that they shouldn’t have allowed her to participate in a high-risk sport? For that matter, it’s entirely possible that the school’s insurance carrier would refuse to provide insurance to cover a pregnant athlete. Some sports, it’s not an issue: Swimming, for instance. But volleyball, soccer, La Crosse?

How to solve this problem? Four words:

Remember, kids: Use condoms!

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