" To The Citizen and all the people of Auburn. We use words as Crazy,meaning less drivel,no integrity,distorted half truths and hateful to express how we feel as a community about Mrs. Ducayne. Let pretend that she is sick that maybe she has Bipolar Mania that maybe she should be on psychotropic medication. I wonder if it comes in a shot? Just maybe she has a psychotic disorder that could be helped if she sought treatment. Maybe we need to pray for a full recovery of her thought process. It looks to me that her thought process is being interupted with paranoil hysteria makeing it hard for her to see what is real and not real. How can we as good citizens be helpful we must use our own coping strategies first we must ask her to seek help for the good of Auburn and her family and anyone else she has offened with her hate. Then we must ban together and ask the Citizen to have medical test done just to make sure that this women is fully ok. If she is sick it would be up to the citizen to find her a nice treatment plan and to come forth and replace her with a sane opinion. Please seek therapy either for Ducayne or for us because her opinions are driving the rest of us to a manic state. "

" Give me a break!!! Because you, out of 4 girls, were shielded from learning about sex, you didn't have children until you were in your 20's and married!! C'mon now!! I too was shielded from sex, didn't even know what the hell it was, until I learned in HS...Then low and behold I ended up pregnant at 16..I'm not crying poor me either! I wasn't the one saying, oh, it can't happen to me or that crap..I was just plain stupid, and didn't think at all! Being shielded isn't always the best. I feel that if my mom had told me about sex and everything that goes on with it, I may not have gotten pregnant, because I would have been thinking of the consequences! "

" I completely agree with Judy. I have 2 children age 10 & 11, and I don't think it's wise to inform them on sexual things. They are tooooo young and impressionable. For pity sakes children at this age still believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny. No society wants to destroy their innocents with sexuality. I firmly believe that if parents actually keep an eye on their children and not let them run a muck then they can and will turn out well. I am one of four girls. My mother told all my sisters about sex at age 12 or 13, well all of them ended up pregnant before 16, most by 15. I was shielded and I never even thought of having a child or sex until I was married and 21. Good grief lets keep the children children before we are a society of children raising babies and grandparents at 30. "

" I usually support Judy on most issues, but on this one she really missed the mark. "

" Gardisil in your search browser, and it will bring up alot of informative medical websites. However, there is not much information particular to this specific vaccination. Most of the information is general. Good luck "

" If I knew a hotline or a reputable source of information on this shot I would gladly provide it. This brings up a good point also and Judy, I hope you're reading this: The type of information that "mom of 2" is requesting is precisely what YOU as a columnist should be researching before you write these columns and providing to readers. At least then you would be doing some small service to the community instead of ranting and raving without having your facts straight. This too, is what the Citizen REALLY should be considering with regard your employment. "

" I think the problem is that even some Doctors in this area cannot give all the answers to our questions about this particular shot.. I am a mother of two daughters and I have not yet been spoken to about this shot.. why not? I want to protect my children in any way possible, but I would like more information from a "reliable" source before I decide to get it for them or not.. I do not think this makes me a bad parent.. just a cautious one.. If anyone knows a website or a hotline that can be looked up please post it! "

" I'm all for picketing!! When and where? She needs to go, she needs to go!! No more Judy, No more Judy!! "

" How about we get a big group together and picket the citizen for ducayne's removal! I'll be there with bells on! She not only is an uneducated bigoted fool but she gives this community a bad name. She needs to go! "

" Hey Judy, Put the crack pipe down !!! "

" I'm with Judy on this one. I think that they should also outlaw condoms, penicillin and American Idol so that we can prevent these horrible unwanted teen pregnancies. "

" may you never know the horror of losing someone to cancer..... but then again youd probably BLAME them for getting it... flash forward a few years when your daughter comes home knocked up cuz you never explained anything to her other then no.... oh i cant wait to see your face then.... "

" My friend tonya has that cancer, wish we had that shot years ago, and she doesnt sleep around three shots to prevent cancer is wonderful.... like the polio vaccine and the smallpox vaccine, im glad we have it. And i wonder if judy just sits there each week and says " how can i make myself look stupid today" I hope none of her kids get cancer because shes pig headed.... that would be a hard cross to bear.... My 11 year old already had 2 of the shots.... one more and shes safe for life... THATS a blessing "

" A shot to prevent a very deadly form of cancer is in no way, and has never been portrayed as, a "free pass" to have uninhibited sex. What prevents that type of behavior, as well as the transmission of STD's and unwanted pregnancies, is informed, intelligent, and attentive parenting. It's children like Judy Ducayne's, raised in ignorance, that suffer as a result of their parent's, I hate to say it, stupidity. Pick up a book, Judy. Read a medical report or some scientific data before spewing such nonsense. And what is wrong with the Citizen for not only continuing to employ Ms. Ducayne, but for printing her nonsense. Shame. "

" Please do not get me wrong, as I stated I have my own concerns over any new shot, it is not as if things in the past have not given us reasons to question not just this, but any new drugs, shots or anything else we give our children or ourselves for that matter. Case in point look what happened with Thalidomide. My problem is calling it the “sex shot” and assuming that any parent that loves their children or has a sense of moral decency would not even conceder this immunization. That one thing means another, that paranoid extremist, be it left or right, make these flippant comments and totally un-factual statements and put them out there as facts to the public. That someone might not look into something that may save their Childs life because they are made to feel it is immoral or a statement on or against their parenting. Because many opinions writers do not write as they are just stating their opinions, they state them as facts. Trust me I am well aware that the reasons the Howard‘s, Rush‘s, Judy’s and every other controversial extremist get to spew their opinions, and believe me it has nothing to do with free speech, it has to do with the fact that controversy equals money. Just look at the comments left for Judy compared to the comments left for any other opinion column in this paper. I do not fear free speech, I know, and trust that any reasonable, semi-educated person be they Conservatives, Liberals, Democrats, or Republicans have enough sense to make informed decisions, however it is the week minded or desperate, that I fear reading and hearing this stuff, the ones looking for a leader to follow. The ones that take a handful of paranoid fears, misrepresent them as facts and are instilling their “opinions” into their children, continuing the cycle of ignorance. I also fear that people will read these columns and form an opinion on or against Christians. Please readers know that most people that get paid for their opinions do not speak the proper teachings of their God and Savior. They hide their hate, prejudice, and self motivated agendas behind a few misrepresented statements from the Bible, that they have twisted and turned to promote THEIR self-righteousness. "

" I had cervical cancer after being married 16 years and only one sex partner, So how did that come from free sex. Plus at same time i was pregnant for first time. I was offered an abortion to faciltate treatemet of the cancer. So which would have been better maybe to have had this vaccine so could have child in safety or suffer the cancer an the child. You want to decide for me? I don't think so unless you have had this or have kids it is a MEDICAL decsion not a moral one. It may SAVE lives is all that matters, The price is not important. "

" does anyone know where I can get a Judy shot to protect us from her? lol "

" Thank you Judy - you keep us thinking - discussing what's important and that is our children. We should be very careful when someone/government tells us what's right for our family...as we sip our coffee I ask: is this cup of coffee is bad for us- this week? and next week it will be a miracle drug of the day. Will this shot be found to be 'bad' for our girls in 10yrs? Are we jumping on this 'fix'. One question I ask is why 9yrs for the shot? Why not be given as a part of the beginning years' series? "

" duh Judy, if you think your 9 yo daughter is going to run out and have sex based on having a vaccine then why do you even need to explain to her what the shot is for...it's not like I intentionally exposed myself to polio after having that vaccine as a child. Your drivel is pointless. The citizen should fire everyone and burn the building to the ground as a preventative measure to slow the spread of stupidity. "

" Once again Judy has shown that she is worthy of the title "The Village Idiot". I can't comprehend how you'd be against a vaccination to prevent a form of cancer. I'm curious if any readers will fall for your nonsense, and if so, how many women will die from cervical cancer due to your idiotic article. "

" What if the sex offender that does not live near the school or parks (THANK GOD FOR THAT LAW) molests a young girl and gives her HPV? Wouldn't you feel horrible knowing that you could have prevented her having to go through the anguish of wondering if and when then need to rip her cervix out to keep her alive? "

" Well, well, well, here she goes again...undereducated and ranting as usual. First off, this "sex shot" as she likes to call it or otherwise known as Gardasil, actually prevents certain strands of the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) from infecting your body and becoming cancerous. Its estimated that approximately 1 in 3 PEOPLE, not just females, have HPV. And do any of you actually know how many of those people know they have it?? Only about 30% of the people that actually have HPV KNOW they have it. There are no clinical signs or symptoms for men and usually none for women. It does not cause herpes, but it does cause Genital Warts, and eventually becomes cancerous and kills approximately 250,000 people every year, and is becoming more prevalent. NOW- as for the shot protecting...it only protects the female from the virus IF she has not allready been introduced to it. Many women are introduced to the virus, but their bodies may have been able to fight it off. You can not receive the shot if you have allready been infected or introduced to the virus, it WILL NOT work! That is why they are targeting children as young as 9, because most girls are not sexually active until about age 13, at the youngest. If they vaccinate them at the age of 9, they KNOW that it will be effective. So....I just figured I would give you all a little bit of an insight into this "sex shot" as Judy, who did not do her research, likes to call it. I AM NOT saying that I am for this drug. I am a nursing student, I graduate in May and I will be an RN, of all people, you would think I would be advocating, I'm not. Im on the fence with this one. I have an 8 yr old little girl at home right now, that they will be looking at next year to give this to her. They do not know all of the side effects yet, and obviously they do not know ANY long term effects. BUT having allready gone through the agony, pain, the waiting to find out, the surgeries...I know what it is like to have HPV, it is not fun! It is painful, stressful and emotionally draining. All I'm asking is that when any of you have to make a decision, make it an informed decision. Do your homework, and do not, by all means listen to the outrageous rants of Judy Ducayne! It is up to the parents to tell their children what this shot is for, and to teach their children that this shot simply prevents a certain type of cancer found in women, it does not give them the right, nor the assumption that it is now ok to go out and have sex with everyone and their brother. If a parent can't explain this to their child without giving them the assumption they can now go have sex, they need to rethink their position as a parent and a role model.The government is simply trying to stop an enormous outbreak of deadly cancer from killing our children 20 years from now, just think about it. "

" Judy-have you ever witnessed anyone dying from cervical cancer? I have. It was my mom. Oh-by the way. Today would have been her birthday. All women (yes-Judy-you included) carry the virus. It all depends if it develops in our bodies to full blow cervical cancer. Moms-get your child the series of 3 shots. It is worth it. "

" Hey, Crazy Judy's back! Welcome back, we've missed you! "

" It's foolishness like this that spreads ignorance. That "sex shot" can actually prevent certain types of cancer...but Judy is obviously self loathing of all women due to her religious beliefs. What's worse is that shes given a weekly forum to spread her half truths and her hate. She is also the reason I no longer subscribe to the citizen, because I will no longer help pay for someone like her to have a weekly column. "

" You know Judy, it's one thing to withhold this vaccine from your own daughter (s?) because you perceive that you aren't being told the whole truth regarding the vaccine. But it is entirely another thing to write a column stating that "liberals" want our children engaging in sex, we are all being told lies, the shot "awakens" their sexuality, etc., etc. and present that view to the public without ANY fact to back it up. You truly should be ashamed of yourself for ranting on like a gossipy old fish wife because that's what most of your columns amount to. I have never read anything like your column in ANY community I have lived in and the editors of this newspaper need to step up to the plate and find a suitable replacement for you. Conservative views are all well and good but yours borders on paranoid hysteria. "

" Ok...so you don't want your daughter to have pre-marital sex. You make sure that she has no access to condums or other devices like that, and you make sure that she does not get "the shot." So now she meets a nice christian boy when she is 21 and so is he. He comes from a nice conservative republican home. Now they get married. He does not tell your sweet inocent daughter that he has genital herpes. He gives the herpes to her and years later she dies of cervical cancer. Now in your eyes this is good because she remained chaste until marriage and will assend happily to heaven. "

" I'm about at conservative as they come, but even I don't think this shot is giving kids a free pass to have sex. But, I do agree that we should do our best to have the government NOT make this shot mandatory. It's the proverbial slippery slope, once we let the government put one "mandatory" thing over on us, more and more of them will start coming down the pike "for our own good". And one more thing, "sex education" teachers (and parents!!!) should start teaching kids that it's ok to not have sex, instead of just teaching them how to have it safely... there is nothing at all wrong with abstinence, but that somehow seems to be conveniently left out. No promiscuous sex, no (or significantly lower) risk of STD's. Crazy idea, huh? "

" Judy once again you come off as a jerk. You live in your world of rose colored glasses. You are right the vacine will not protect from ALL forms of cerival cancer but will from some of the forms. If the goverment mandates it then low income or people with no insurrance will be able to get this shot from goverment agencies either free or at low cost. Any medicaton that can prevent any form of cancer no matter how you might contract it is a plus in my book. "

" Once again Judy is on the side of the angels, calling attention to the never ending guerilla war being waged on parental prerogatives by the minions of the state. Keep it up, Judy. "

" HPV shots for kids in kindergarden, elementary schools? Missing the point here the Judy brought up. Why should anyone as a parent let the goverment. Tell them they have to vaccinate their daughters for sexually transmitted cancer? It should be left up to parents to decide. Or for the young woman when she becomes an adult. People in this country of ours, never ceases to amaze me. We all have to right to free choices, within the laws as adults. Thinks its fine for the government to decide what is best for themselves and families? How about thinking for yourself once in while? I'm not a smoker the government decided there will be no smoking in restaurants. Fatty foods have been banned in NYC. Then its being mandated in some states. Your daughter has to be immunized against a sexually transmitted cancer, to attend school. Bit by bit wind and water will wear down a mountain. That mountain is our freedoms. "

" I believe The Citizen is doing a disservice to its readers to publish this kind of garbage. "

" A sex injection for my daughter? Will it prevent unwanted pregnancy? I'm all for it then. "

" When I read Judy's column, I usually shake my head and laugh. Sometimes her ignorance is pretty funny, I know, it's sad and not very nice of me. But, this particular subject is very serious. HPV (Human Papillomavirus) causes a certain cervical cancer. Why wouldn't you want to prevent this disease regardless of how it's transmitted? Wouldn't it be great if we had more vaccinations? Wouldn't it also be great if there was more money available to do more medical research? I guess I just don't understand how people can block advances in medicine and science with religion and politics. The Citizen needs to replace Judy with a writer who can keep their own moral beliefs out of the column and write what is fact with integrity. "

" Dear "Informed": Great rebuttal! Keep it up. "

" i'm done reading the citizen period. between judy and that meaningless drivel in the too cents forum, this paper has become about as reputable as the enquirer. "

" The Citizen should be ashamed to give this woman space in their paper, much less pay her for this drivel. Is her influence over her children so little that she fears a shot at the doctor's office will cause them to run amok? Her ignorant rants are unworthy of comment, and I for one will never read her column again. "

" Could the parent who wrote in as "informed" please replace Judy as a columnist - she said in an EDUCATED AND INTELLIGENT fashion an important consideration regarding this vaccine. Judy, you made a fool of yourself again. "

" Your latest rant has me picturing the robot from the old tv show "lost in space," arms flailing and crying "warning, warning, will robinson...." "

" You forgot that the machine of the religious right is still trying to tell us that priests having sexual contact with children and not reporting it is a good thing. Of course I'm kidding, but this statement is as outlandish what Judy write about the liberal left. Can anyone take her seriously? Judy is Ann Coulter light. "

" Once again Judy has provided us with a poorly formed argument. Her argument is based on assumptions, distorted beliefs and not fact. How do you relate receiving a preventative shot to sexual promiscuity? You have also crossed the line when you state that "liberal left is still trying to tell us that" committing a number of sex crimes is a "good thing." When people read that, you lose all credibility. Judy, you should take a few debate classes if you want to learn how to build a plausible argument based on fact. You embarrass other conservatives with your dribble. "

" The “sex shot” that right there is the problem. It is not a “sex shot” it is a shot that can prevent the virus that can cause cervical cancer? Is it a free pass to have sex, NO, does anybody think it is a free pass to have sex, NO. I have never heard one person say, write or communicate the fact that this shot is either a prevention to STDS or a cure for STDS. I have only heard people say two things regarding that matter. One is that it is not a form of birth control and it does NOT prevent all STDS. Or just what you are saying, that it is a free pass to have sex. Now know that I am on most accounts considered a “Right Winger” I am not a feminist, I am 100% against abortion. I am NOT a “Hip Parent” I am a very strict parent. I am against premarital sex, I am against living together before marriage, I am 100% for abstinence. That being said, I have lost someone I love dearly to cancer and would wish that on no one. My personal fear about the shot is not that my daughter will al of a sudden abandon all her morals, and forget all the virtues about herself that we have instilled in her. It is that I do not feel that they have studied the shot long enough, to know and understand all its possible side effects. If I knew for a fact that it would cause my daughter no harm and only work to prevent her from ANY chance of getting ANY cancer I would be the first in line. Not because she has a free pass to sex, because I love her and it is my job to protect her to the best of my abilities. I do teach abstinence like I said but, you can be a God loving, God fearing Christian and still be a realist. After all if you where all to be totally honest with yourself, not even anyone else, your own little self confession , how many of us God Fearing, God loving Christians actually did practice abstinence? Jesus is about forgiveness because he knows we are sinners he knows that we will fall, and I know that too. When I take my children into the doctors office for their shots, I do not say this one is for Chicken Pox so now you can never get the chicken pox so go ahead touch everyone you see with chicken pox for you are safe. I do not say this one is for hepatitis, so you do not have to worry if something is unclean go ahead have a ball no worries for you. As a matter of fact my teenage daughter and I where talking about this shot, because of the news coverage, and someone said exactly what you are saying and she said to me, “Mom that does not make sense, I got a tetanus shot that does not mean I am going to go and step on a nail.” If they came out with a proven safe shot to prevent aids, I would give it to my children, I would not tell them now you can shot up drugs, and have all the sex you want as a matter of fact you can even put their blood in your open wounds. The whole thought process that goes on in the mind of someone that is going to tell a nine year old, “Hey, this is a sex shot” or label it as a sex shot blows me away. I think as parents we need to be informed as to what we are subjecting our children to, I do not even have cable because I do not want my children exposed to what they have on their programming, but let us not cross the line into paranoia, it is only what it is a shot that can prevent a certain virus that can cause a certain cancer. Nothing more nothing less. "