12-01-2004, 11:56 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Kids have sex anyway, give them condoms: MSRÂ </b>
Warangal, Dec. 1: Taking the promotion of condoms to the extremes, Endowments Minister M Satyanarayana Rao suggested on Wednesday that condoms be distributed to school students, along with notebooks and textbooks. âLet us talk plainly. School-children are overexposed to obs-cenity through television, magazines and posters. Increasing number of schoolchildren are becoming victims of AIDS. <b>Why should we feel ashamed to distribute condoms to students above Class VI</b>,â Rao added. The Minister suggested this at the AIDS awareness meet held as part of World AIDS Day at the Public Gardens here.
The veteran leader said that according to a recent survey, schoolchildren constituted a large number of HIV positive people; it was shocking to note that more and more school children were experiencing sex at a very early age. âWhen it is not possible to control their behaviour, it would be wise to expose them to preventive measures like the use of condoms early,â the Minister said.
Stating that he was not feeling guilty about making this âextremeâ suggestion, Rao said that he was giving his views, fully conscious of the presence of media in the meeting. He said that though âpeople of our country stress on moral values, they nevertheless indul-ge in immoral relationships. As a result, our country has a large number of AIDS patients.â
Making an appeal to the people to stop feeling guilty about buying condoms, Rao said that it was necessary to protect oneself from deadly diseases like AIDS. He explained that in Western countries it was very common for men and women to carry condoms in their carry bags. Hanamkonda MLA M Satyanarayana Reddy called for the <b>introduction of AIDS education from Class VIII</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Warangal, Dec. 1: Taking the promotion of condoms to the extremes, Endowments Minister M Satyanarayana Rao suggested on Wednesday that condoms be distributed to school students, along with notebooks and textbooks. âLet us talk plainly. School-children are overexposed to obs-cenity through television, magazines and posters. Increasing number of schoolchildren are becoming victims of AIDS. <b>Why should we feel ashamed to distribute condoms to students above Class VI</b>,â Rao added. The Minister suggested this at the AIDS awareness meet held as part of World AIDS Day at the Public Gardens here.
The veteran leader said that according to a recent survey, schoolchildren constituted a large number of HIV positive people; it was shocking to note that more and more school children were experiencing sex at a very early age. âWhen it is not possible to control their behaviour, it would be wise to expose them to preventive measures like the use of condoms early,â the Minister said.
Stating that he was not feeling guilty about making this âextremeâ suggestion, Rao said that he was giving his views, fully conscious of the presence of media in the meeting. He said that though âpeople of our country stress on moral values, they nevertheless indul-ge in immoral relationships. As a result, our country has a large number of AIDS patients.â
Making an appeal to the people to stop feeling guilty about buying condoms, Rao said that it was necessary to protect oneself from deadly diseases like AIDS. He explained that in Western countries it was very common for men and women to carry condoms in their carry bags. Hanamkonda MLA M Satyanarayana Reddy called for the <b>introduction of AIDS education from Class VIII</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->