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‘Take Care Down There’ Campaign is not Worth Taxpayer Dollars

By: taradodrill (Diary)  |  April 4th, 2012 at 09:55 AM  | 

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Promoting safe sex practices is a worthy endeavor, but should it be done at public expense and be
posted in view of young children? The Planned Parenthood “Take Care Down There”
campaign will likely influence very few and spend thousands of taxpayer dollars in the
process. Clear Channel refused to post the explicit billboard images in the regions of
Ohio it services, according to the Associated Press. The Columbus Public Health Department garnered
$20,000 from a federal social services program to create the advertisements.

The “Take Care Down There” website issues a
disclaimer about the mature content visitors must read and click through before
entering. The campaign is directed toward young adults and gay middle-aged men, the
Associated Press reports. Roadside billboards cannot exclude the
age-inappropriate material from being read by elementary school students.

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Childhood seems to just get shorter and
taxpayer money should not be used to further erode the innocence of youth.

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  • zachv

    There are very few areas that I find acceptable for using public monies. But infectious disease and inoculations are at THE top of that list. They are communicable diseases, folks. It’s a public and community issue. There’s no legitimate argument to have not fought polio, smallpox, malaria, or yaw’s and there is no legitimate argument** to not be fighting syphilis, gnorrhea, chlamydia, HPV, etc.

    * Exception being trillion dollar deficits. Healthy finances and it’s a different story.

    As for the ads, I can’t say anything because the website down. Although I think it’s a rule of thumb that Americans have got to be the prudest people on the face of this planet. That aside there are no pictures except for the one with the shirtless black gentleman in the article.

    If thats the fuss, Susie six year old is not going to drop dead from seeing a shirtless man. Cervical cancer on the other hand …