Day: June 15, 2004

original link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40804-2004Jun14.html

Va. Tells Men: No Sex With Young Girls

The Associated Press
Monday, June 14, 2004; 1:57 PM

RICHMOND, Va. – The state is posting billboards with messages such as “Isn't she a little young?” as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with underage girls. The campaign is aimed at reducing the number of young girls who have children with older men, the Virginia Department of Health said Monday.

In 1999 and 2000 in Virginia, men over 18 were responsible for 219 births involving girls who were 13 and 14, the department said.

Messages such as “Isn't she a little young?” and “Sex with a minor, don't go there” also appear on posters, coasters and napkins in bars, restaurants and stores in five cities.

“We encourage adult men to talk to their peers and discourage them from pursuing teenagers. What they are doing is unhealthy and against the law,” said Robert Franklin, a health department official.

This is just nuts.

Go to Ikea with eniran. We walk through the whole friggin' store twice, because stuff is not where it is supposed to be. The coffee table I wanted is, of course, out of stock. The kitchen island I wanted is still out of stock. The kitchen table i though I wanted, on closer inspection, is ugly (well, the table legs are). To top it all off, the replacement coffee table I settled on was – you guessed it – out of stock in the self-serve shelves.

I got some cool lamps for cheap to replace the ones that are leaving with the roommates, and I did find a cool way to arrange two smaller coffee tables for my living room, but still… I'm now convinced that I need to sacrifice swedish meatballs to the gods of Ikea.

As a side note, that girl is the only person I know who could find sex toys at Ikea. The kitchen section was bad enough, but the kiddies section… jeebus.