This Is Beyond Logic...
Now it makes perfect sense to me that if a man want's to avoid contracting a STD, his best option is to keep his pecker in his pants. That is unless he is in a long-term monogomous relationship. The same can be said for women. They should be able to keep their legs closed.
The GWB administration sees it the same way.
The UN on the other hand, does not.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. government's emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa's battle against the pandemic by downplaying the role of condoms, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said fundamentalist Christian ideology was driving Washington's AIDS assistance program known as PEPFAR with disastrous results, including condom shortages in Uganda.
The Bush administration favors prevention programs that focus on abstinence rather than condom use and has more than doubled funding for U.S. abstinence-only programmes over the past five years.
Right, so, what's the problem?
Oh wait, I've figured it out...
The UN, being a liberal organization, doesn't feel that individuals should accept some personal responsibility for their own lives.
UPDATE:
There's a real live MOONBAT commenting inside.
"Reality Check ... Not all of us are in married relationships ... I test drive a car before I buy it I'm sure as hell not making a life long commmitment without a test drive. You may not like it but most of the world follows my thinking in their ordinary lives not the dogma their religion taught them. In Africa it's a bit more pragmatic to recognize the way the world IS, not the way you WANT it to be. I stand by what is said - your idealism/christan dogma is killing people. HIV/AIDS in Africa is not about Christian politics it's about life and death ...
sheila 08.29.05 - 4:46 pm # "
Where do they come up with this crap? Did she just put Africa on a pedistal? Something for us to admire? And where the hell does she get off calling me a christian? Silly MoonBat!
The GWB administration sees it the same way.
The UN on the other hand, does not.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. government's emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa's battle against the pandemic by downplaying the role of condoms, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said fundamentalist Christian ideology was driving Washington's AIDS assistance program known as PEPFAR with disastrous results, including condom shortages in Uganda.
The Bush administration favors prevention programs that focus on abstinence rather than condom use and has more than doubled funding for U.S. abstinence-only programmes over the past five years.
Right, so, what's the problem?
Oh wait, I've figured it out...
The UN, being a liberal organization, doesn't feel that individuals should accept some personal responsibility for their own lives.
UPDATE:
There's a real live MOONBAT commenting inside.
"Reality Check ... Not all of us are in married relationships ... I test drive a car before I buy it I'm sure as hell not making a life long commmitment without a test drive. You may not like it but most of the world follows my thinking in their ordinary lives not the dogma their religion taught them. In Africa it's a bit more pragmatic to recognize the way the world IS, not the way you WANT it to be. I stand by what is said - your idealism/christan dogma is killing people. HIV/AIDS in Africa is not about Christian politics it's about life and death ...
sheila 08.29.05 - 4:46 pm # "
Where do they come up with this crap? Did she just put Africa on a pedistal? Something for us to admire? And where the hell does she get off calling me a christian? Silly MoonBat!
posted by Richard at 11:46
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