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REal Solutions

Comment comment by Anonymous on 21 August 2006

A whole lotta people in this world need to wake up and realize that preaching abstinence isn't making a difference in the fight against AIDS. Talking about abstinence isn't going to stop kids from having sex or stop the prostitute from practicing her trade. We need real solutions to the AIDS problem. Trying to get everybody to behave like Americans in the 50's is a pretty ridiculous plan. Talking about the dangers of AIDS and passing out condoms is a good idea, but telling people to abstain just isn't realistic and it's a waste of money that could be used somewhere else.

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RE: REal Solutions by Brandon :: NR9

You talk as if the US has the responsibility to justify everyone's choices and make every lifestyle safe. Sure, there are some who get the disease unawares from their spouse, and there are others who are raped or others who are oppressed - but there are some who simply make poor choices with their lives. If you choose to engage in risky behavior, I don't think the rest of the world has the responsibility to come along and remove the negative consequences.

Hundreds of thousands of people die in automobile accidents, and the government has taken steps to to try and remove this danger. Better emergency response and health care is part of it, but the majority of the prevention revolves around:

  1. not driving until you are responsible enough to handle it without hurting yourself or others,
  2. when you are allowed to drive, limiting your performance via laws, and
  3. requiring higher safety regulations for automobiles.

Now, despite the best efforts of MADD and other governmental and private organizations, it is very likely that people will still choose to drive drunk and still kill people and themselves doing so. Does that mean everyone should take a more "realistic" attitude towards the situation and just concentrate on making cars safer? Of course not. Does it mean that the US government has the responsibility to make all of them safe no matter what their personal choices? Of course not.

Both are the result of personal choice, and both result in the death of many innocent and many not-so-innocent people. Why it is that the choice is condemned in one and not the other, I'm not sure.

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RE: REal Solutions by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6

I haven't seen someone use the word 'lotta' before. :D You do have a point, but maybe we should find a cure for AID.

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