tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post3160604986759955423..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Dutch "Weariness With Moral Squalor"Gruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-11861608751126458792007-06-24T13:55:00.000-04:002007-06-24T13:55:00.000-04:00I suspected, and just confirmed, that Dutch pregan...I suspected, and just confirmed, that Dutch preganancy and abortion rates are very low; apparently, they are the lowest in the world. It sometimes seems to me that the US has an ethical "binge and purge" mentality. I have heard we have among the highest rates in the world for abstaining from alcohol as well as among the highest rates for alcoholism. We emphasize abstenance but also have a high rate of teens using sex without protection. We moralize about drugs, and have a huge underground drug problem. Please give me a Reformed, sociological and ethical problem of how states should or should not regulate these matters.<BR/><BR/>Interesting post--looking forward to discussion.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275023235078665120noreply@blogger.com