Gummy Bear Fiasco!

[El Presidente]

From Ken

Barrie Aburn, of Dunedin, holds one of the offending lollies in Dunedin yesterday. Photo / Peter McIntosh

Inappropriately shaped lollies on sale exclusively in the South Island have been branded offensive and recalled from shops.

Barrie Aburn, of Dunedin, said his daughters Cadence (8), Rhianna (6) and Payton (5) bought a bag of Dragon Sweets from Moyles SuperValue in Green Island and gave it to him for his birthday.

Mr Aburn's partner, Jacqui Hawkins, said she randomly took a sweet from the bag and found it was shaped in the form of male genitals.

Another lolly in the bag was a gummy baby with a penis, she said.

''I don't find anything amusing about it at all. I find it disgusting,'' she said.

Dutch Rusk managing director Willem Van de Geest, of Nelson, said the Stoke confectionery company imported 7200 bags of mixed gummy lollies, called Dragon Sweets, from a Chinese manufacturer about six weeks ago.

The lollies were distributed to shops in the lower South Island.

About two weeks later, complaints started coming in about the lollies, Mr Van de Geest said.

He was unaware ''inappropriate'' lollies were inside the bags.

''You have to look at it two or three times to think that doesn't look right.''

The offensive lolly was a gummy bear, and not a gummy baby, he said.

The lollies were a ''one-off'' and he had recalled and dumped thousands of bags.

''It won't happen again.''

Mr Van de Geest said he had imported lollies from around the world for 25 years and an offensive lolly had never been included in a mix before.

The manufacturers had sent him a letter apologising for the mistake and had refunded some money.

The lollies were originally designed for sale in England and were not considered offensive in Asia.

In Asia, the shape was considered a sign of fertility and health, he said.

''They wouldn't even blink an eyelid. We see it as offensive. We don't mind a hand or a foot being part of a lolly but we object to a breast or a penis.''

He had apologised to Mr Aburn and offered him some ''appropriate'' lollies for free.

Moyles Supervalue Supermarket owner John Moyle said he had not received any complaints from customers about the lollies.

[PapaDisco]

I'm really uncomfortable with the way that guy in the pic is getting ready to squeeze . . .

[MIKA27]

Wonder if the offending person will get the...sack?

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Sad to see people are so offended at their own human nature. I wonder if Ken would agree with me saying this is likely an anachronism arising from catholic culture...

How offending can a candy be when one sees so much sex and violence on TV already? And I'm only talking about 5 o clock news here!

[shlomo]

Won't somebody think of the children!!

[...]

In George Carlin's mindset, also think of how they came to be

[headstand]

Won't somebody think of the children!!

^

This

[headstand]

Sad to see people are so offended at their own human nature. I wonder if Ken would agree with me saying this is likely an anachronism arising from catholic culture...

I don't find my genitalia offensive in any way, still I'm sure you wouldn't want me to post a pic of them in all their glory on this thread. You don't need Catholic culture to instil what ought to be a quite natural sense of modesty.

Anachronisms refer to an object(s) or a state of being that is misplaced in time; it is a chronological error. Not sure how that applies to an institution that remains visible and global to this day.

Alan

[Drguano]

Did the packaging have warning "Contains Nuts"?

[Ginseng]

You don't need Catholic culture to instil what ought to be a quite natural sense of modesty.

I'd argue that modesty is a social and cultural construction.

Wilkey

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I don't find my genitalia offensive in any way, still I'm sure you wouldn't want me to post a pic of them in all their glory on this thread. You don't need Catholic culture to instil what ought to be a quite natural sense of modesty.

Anachronisms refer to an object(s) or a state of being that is misplaced in time; it is a chronological error. Not sure how that applies to an institution that remains visible and global to this day.

Alan

I could be wrong but I feel you might have missed the point. No worries, lemme know if you'd like me to go into details. Cheers!

[PigFish]

… never mind that little Cadence (see story) has been bagging dad's change for two week so she can buy the condoms that are on the shelf right next to the candy section because she has been taught at school how to have safe sex and wants to give it a try with a 7th grader she thinks is cute…! -the Pig

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Nothing like a good strawman to make a point it seems. Then the good ole' pig's slippery slope and maybe a boogie man or two. My dentist has told me for years candies were bad... he might have been on to something

[JHands]

Id eat it. Big sweet tooth. Nothing gets in the way of me and candy on a binge, not even a **** shaped gummy.

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[GraByaGaR]

Maybe making the birds and the bee's talk a little fun/easier to explain to your kids??.. Just need a few more shapes..

[leftimatic]

Just envisioning my mother in law finding that in a bag of gummies. LOL! I can see her face right now.... Where can I get a bag of those?

[polarbear]

At least they're not a choking hazard...

[PigFish]

Nothing like a good strawman to make a point it seems. Then the good ole' pig's slippery slope and maybe a boogie man or two. My dentist has told me for years candies were bad... he might have been on to something

No straw man needed to support my point… I prefer facts! I just have to laugh at what makes the news.

BOGEYMEN… I have a 12 gauge for them…! It is the constant intrusion into my personal and family life by those that call themselves 'my leaders' that I cannot so easily treat with the 'solution' I refer to as a shotgun!

A gummy cock is something to laugh at… Public schools teaching 6th graders to have sex is not really a laughing matter… Not to some people anyway…!

-Piggy

Oregon school district OKs teachers giving condoms to sixth graders

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Students as young as sixth grade in an Oregon school district will soon be able to get condoms from some teachers.

The Gervais School District, which is located about 30 miles south of Portland, has moved forward with a new plan to allow specific teachers to distribute condoms to students who ask for one.

The move comes after an Oregon Health & Science University study a year ago found that 7 percent of Gervais High School's female students had become pregnant.

"If they wanted a condom, they would have to meet with a teacher -- a designated teacher, the sex ed teacher, or some of our counselors and maybe some administrators. So there would be designated people for students to have a conversation with and then a condom would be distributed at that time," Gervais School District Superintendent Rick Hensel told CBS News.

The policy is expected to kick in next fall.

6 PHOTOS

New York's teen pregnancy PSAs

Hensel said this school year alone, nine girls became pregnant, or 5 percent of girls in grades six through 12.

The district's total enrollment is a little over 1,000 students across four schools -- one elementary, one middle school, one high school and one alternative school.

The study also highlighted that 42 percent of Gervais High School students said they "never" or only "sometimes" use any protection against STDs or pregnancy.

Hensel said reasoning behind why sixth graders were included in the policy was a purely logistical issue. The district's middle school is only 40 feet away from the high school.

"I think the concern was that if we have our middle school, we have some of the same teachers teaching the same topics at the high school, obviously there's going to be a different type of curriculum for the middle school, but at some point they just kind of felt it would evolve to that anyway -- so let's just include them (sixth graders)," Hensel said.

Hensel said it would be quite different if the condom distribution plan was to install dispensers or leave them in place that could be easily accessible for middle schoolers. But the policy that was passed last week by the board requires that students talk to a teacher first before receiving a condom.

Gervais School Board Member Molly McCargar told CBS affiliate KOIN that said she supports making condoms available to students who ask a teacher for one.

"It is great for parents. I'm a parent of four girls. The conversations have started and they will continue -- unfortunately not all of our kids have that support at home," McCargar told KOIN.

But not all parents are on board with the idea.

"I just disagree with it. I don't think elementary kids should be around it. I just disagree with it," parent Kim Hults told the station.

Hensel said there will be several community planning meetings over the summer to iron out the details before the plan goes into effect in the fall.

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For the record, CBS is not a right-wing extremist news source!

-Piggy

[headstand]

I'd argue that modesty is a social and cultural construction.

Wilkey

Thanks for that Wilkey. I'm inclined to think that we nurture our nature, hence the various and sometimes conflicting expressions of modesty.

WRT the original post, I thought it was pretty funny as a demonstration of "if something can go wrong, it will". You gotta feel for the poor merchant...

[headstand]

I could be wrong but I feel you might have missed the point. No worries, lemme know if you'd like me to go into details. Cheers!

Truly, it wouldn't be the first time I miss the point (so says my wife). Details please - as to a five year old.

[MIKA27]

No straw man needed to support my point… I prefer facts! I just have to laugh at what makes the news.

BOGEYMEN… I have a 12 gauge for them…! It is the constant intrusion into my personal and family life by those that call themselves 'my leaders' that I cannot so easily treat with the 'solution' I refer to as a shotgun!

A gummy cock is something to laugh at… Public schools teaching 6th graders to have sex is not really a laughing matter… Not to some people anyway…!

-Piggy

Oregon school district OKs teachers giving condoms to sixth graders

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Last Updated May 29, 2014 6:55 PM EDT

Students as young as sixth grade in an Oregon school district will soon be able to get condoms from some teachers.

The Gervais School District, which is located about 30 miles south of Portland, has moved forward with a new plan to allow specific teachers to distribute condoms to students who ask for one.

The move comes after an Oregon Health & Science University study a year ago found that 7 percent of Gervais High School's female students had become pregnant.

"If they wanted a condom, they would have to meet with a teacher -- a designated teacher, the sex ed teacher, or some of our counselors and maybe some administrators. So there would be designated people for students to have a conversation with and then a condom would be distributed at that time," Gervais School District Superintendent Rick Hensel told CBS News.

The policy is expected to kick in next fall.

6 PHOTOS

New York's teen pregnancy PSAs

Hensel said this school year alone, nine girls became pregnant, or 5 percent of girls in grades six through 12.

The district's total enrollment is a little over 1,000 students across four schools -- one elementary, one middle school, one high school and one alternative school.

The study also highlighted that 42 percent of Gervais High School students said they "never" or only "sometimes" use any protection against STDs or pregnancy.

Hensel said reasoning behind why sixth graders were included in the policy was a purely logistical issue. The district's middle school is only 40 feet away from the high school.

"I think the concern was that if we have our middle school, we have some of the same teachers teaching the same topics at the high school, obviously there's going to be a different type of curriculum for the middle school, but at some point they just kind of felt it would evolve to that anyway -- so let's just include them (sixth graders)," Hensel said.

Hensel said it would be quite different if the condom distribution plan was to install dispensers or leave them in place that could be easily accessible for middle schoolers. But the policy that was passed last week by the board requires that students talk to a teacher first before receiving a condom.

Gervais School Board Member Molly McCargar told CBS affiliate KOIN that said she supports making condoms available to students who ask a teacher for one.

"It is great for parents. I'm a parent of four girls. The conversations have started and they will continue -- unfortunately not all of our kids have that support at home," McCargar told KOIN.

But not all parents are on board with the idea.

"I just disagree with it. I don't think elementary kids should be around it. I just disagree with it," parent Kim Hults told the station.

Hensel said there will be several community planning meetings over the summer to iron out the details before the plan goes into effect in the fall.

© 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

For the record, CBS is not a right-wing extremist news source!

-Piggy

Yep, that's pretty scary teaching 6th graders about condoms...

What ever happened to the banana in science at 8th or 9th grade?

My wife had to go to the school with our 11 year old the other week (6th grade) where they had a talk on the very same topic to all in that year level. Far too young IMO.

[headstand]

A gummy cock is something to laugh at… Public schools teaching 6th graders to have sex is not really a laughing matter…

-Piggy

To summaries the article...

Child sex good

Pregnancy bad

Parents unreliable

Teacher knows best

It's a brave new world we live in.

[PapaDisco]

To summaries the article...

Child sex good

Pregnancy bad

Parents unreliable

Teacher knows best

It's a brave new world we live in.

Yeah, it's the perverse outcome of applying a response to everyone that was derived out of a need of a minority (the 5% of high schoolers getting pregnant).

It's definitely a good idea to avoid teen pregnancy, but at what point does it become absurd to be mounting one's defense? Condoms to 6th graders? 3rd graders? We end up with kids having discussions they're too young to really get.

It's a very tough trade off. Wish I knew what the right answer is. Probably just parenting the heck out of your kids?

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Oh boy, so much to address. First, to piggy, show me facts through statistics, for America in the past twenty years, the evolution of the rate of teenage pregnancy.

Now, compare this curve to the prevalence of sex ed in schools by state and county.

Let me know what you find.

Know that It is common, for someone rather opinionated, to confuse facts and opinions one has held for extended periods of time.

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Sad to see people are so offended at their own human nature. I wonder if Ken would agree with me saying this is likely an anachronism arising from catholic culture...

How offending can a candy be when one sees so much sex and violence on TV already? And I'm only talking about 5 o clock news here!

Now, to headstand, I'll break it down a bit.

Religion is cultural. See definition of culture and how it applies. Look at the world and spread of various religions around the globe. Then look how rites are transferred through generations.

Second, read up on history of catholicism and its effects on societies in Europe and North America.

Amongst many things, you're likely to find a correlation between religious fervor and shaming of sexuality/prudishness throughout the ages. You'll also see how these traits fluctuate through certain periods of history.

Third, I say its anachronical (and hypocritical anyways) to publicly react with such 'modesty' towards the accused piece of candy based on current social accepted norms. I'll grant you this acceptance might be implicit in nature as many are in pure denial in speach but do secretly enjoy the offerings... The proposed level of 'modesty' here would be more befitting to a time when catholicism had a stronger hold of its flocks.