| GMCarter 2005-10-26, 10:53 am |
| On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:48:49 -0400, "Iconoclaster" <wgods@xs4all.nl>
wrote:
>Well, at least you take a firm stand. And the strange thing is: I support
>most of the same things you do. I also believe health care is a right,
>and everybody who wants a certain treatment should have access to it, even
>if it is somethig infernal such as ARV's. But I alo believe everybody
>should have access to *all* the information about the available therapies,
>dispensed in an evenhanded manner.
I do too. Neither whitewash of potential troubles nor hysterical
handwaving.
>And in that respect, I am the bringer of good news:
No--you're the bringer of distortions.
>There is very little danger in sex, so it can be enjoyed in all its forms.
Danger can happen with all sorts of normal, healthy activities.
Walking, running: one can be hit by a bus, inhale toxic pollutants.
Doesn't make walking or running a bad idea!
Same with sex. Great fun! Unless things like unwanted pregnancies or
infections occur. Precautions like a condom on a penis or using a
female condom can limit that risk substanially.
That's the news I believe people should have.
> The danger lies only in the excesses in which a minority indulged during
>the seventies.
The more partners, the higher the risk something will happen. The more
often one jogs, the more likely one may be exposed to car exhaust or
being hit by a cab. Doesn't mean running is bad.
And indeed--for many, it may be that very FIRST run that results in
trouble.
>The human body can stand some abuse, but chronic abuse
>will bring it down. That should be the mesage. Not joy-killing condoms
>and scare stories about nonexisting infections. There are enough STD's to
>go around without any magic supervirus named HIV.
There ARE enough STDs--but sadly, HIV is one of them...
George M. Carter
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