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To: marek_wojna who wrote (22928)	8/21/2002 3:48:52 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

<Btw, muslim world have the lowest rate of HIV infections.> Marek, is that right? There's more to life than not having AIDS, although that's a good start. For example, the AIDS rate in NZ is near zero and we don't have stoning to death of women who have had babies; or anyone else for that matter. So, we have the best of both worlds. Why should the civilized world do anything about the spread of AIDS in Africa? That's up to the Africans to deal with. Meanwhile, good commentary here: < ... Once upon a time we knew what to do. A British district officer, coming upon a scene of suttee, was told by the locals that in Hindu culture it was the custom to cremate a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. He replied that in British culture it was the custom to hang chaps who did that sort of thing. There are many great things about India -- curry, pyjamas, sitars, software engineers -- but suttee was not one of them. What a pity we're no longer capable of being "judgmental" and "discriminating." We're told the old-school imperialists were racists, that they thought of the wogs as inferior. But, if so, they at least considered them capable of improvement. The multiculturalists are just as racist. The only difference is that they think the wogs can never reform: Good heavens, you can't expect a Muslim in Norway not to go about raping the womenfolk! Much better just to get used to it....> Message 17901394 I say hang the vicious bastards who throw stones at the woman who had the baby. Presumably you agree that stoning her to death is a good idea. Weird!! Because that'll stop AIDS? Huh? How's that? We don't stone people here but we don't have much in the way of AIDS, other than a few homsexual males, stupid women who fancy African males like Peter Mwai who came through a few years back infecting appreciative but limited intelligence women and some needling drug addicts. Mqurice