Don’t kill the messenger

THE EDITOR: I say hats off and pants on to the “messenger” who distributed on request the literature on safe sex and condom use outside the school in Woodbrook recently.

As a result the entire nation has been talking about the issue and I am sure that many parents found the courage to talk to their children about sex also — abstinence of course. The only problem though is that the “messenger” did not go on the pavement outside schools in each district at the same time and day. Now, what would have been the reaction if this exercise was done at City Gate at a time when hundreds of all levels of students were present and awaiting transportation to their homes. None! Which average young person would not accept literature on safe sex and condoms if offered. What is better/worse these objects can be easily bought at a drug store and very inexpensively; the only literature available would be how to use the product effectively.

THOMAS METCAFFE
Pt Cumana