Rant Front Page of the Metro today

[Sparx]

What a joke. They got nothing else to write about?

"Real Dangers of a Casual Shag"

Talking about young people accounted for half of all new sexually transmitted infections. Does all this scare mongering about how casual sex has incresed the numbers of people needing treatment.

Then at the end, and i quote

"It is a concern the the number of diagnoses of levels of STIs have increased but the figures must be set in context. There has been a 16 percent increase in the number of people accessing sexual health clinics since 2006. That means more people are being screened therefore detected"

What a load of bollocks. I've had alot of casual sex in my time (accounting more than two thirds, and the only time i caught something was with my long term partner!

 

[Uara]

Yeah, but it is the Metro, what more could you expect

 

[old.Tohtori]

Hmm. are they complaining that kids get more STIs/STDs, or that they get checked up more

Bah, people ain't happy no matter what

 

[Sparx]

i just hate how they always big something up to be the next major catastrophe then end with "nothing has actually changed out of normal increasem we're just blowing out our arses to make it more dramatic"

The even wrote this and i quote once more

"Shag now stands for syphilis, herpes, anal warts and gonorrhea"

Fucking lulz. I've never caught any of them i have to say

 

[Sparx]

Hmm. are they complaining that kids get more STIs/STDs, or that they get checked up more

Bah, people ain't happy no matter what

Exactly! so if the figures dropped would the next headline be

"STI figures drop to new lower levels, hurray!"

Or

"Country in danger as people stop being screened for killer infections"

 

[Uara]

Lolz yeah its no different from the Mail, they pick a topic then blow it completely out of proportion. Normally when the problem is not that great in the first place.

 

[Aoami]

Hmm. are they complaining that kids get more STIs/STDs, or that they get checked up more

Bah, people ain't happy no matter what

That's what I was thinking - surely it just means more kids are going to Clinics to get themselves sorted rather than just passing it on!

 

[Uara]

Which has to be a good thing. Its better to be checked than to let things fester down there!

 

[taB]

More important coverage of this topic!

 

[Binky the Bomb]

Got a mate who considers himself a 'Man Whore', who gets checked out regularly, even though he takes the precautions, because he firmly believes in 'Better safe than sorry'.
The fact is, its the people who shag a lot who DON'T get checked out that are the problem. The people who are going to get checked out are taking some responsibility for their actions, its them that don't get checked who are spreading the damn infections around, it should be them getting reported and shamed in the news papers.

 

[Overdriven]

95% of this has come from a person I know. *Shudder*