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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (729842)	3/7/2006 5:31:17 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Your aids to polio analogy is dumb." No it isn't. The spread of aids is preventable in the vast number of cases. Treatment for those already infected is a separate issue but I notice how that issue gets promoted to the fore front when any discussion of cause and effect is initiated. "Polio...because the process involved inexpensive and easy methods" Right and we have the following choices with respect to AIDs. 1) The impossible task of government education and intervention services to prevent human beings from behaving in a manner that will continue the spread of AIDs. 2)As you noted: "personal responsibility for a life time" ... and "The almost perfect elimination of polio occurred because the process involved inexpensive and easy methods." 3) Ridiculous and hopeless avoidance tactic we use when we want to blame the government rather that properly attribute the cause and effect relationships. Aids is spread, in the vast majority of cases, by people who know the risks of harm and choose behavior that leads to the spread of AIDs. OK well y'all are a blaming and shaming lot so the alternative of taking responsibility is out of the question I suppose. I note that you prefer to dismiss option number 2 outright, even though it is the only hope for our future. As for me, I expect people to behave responsibly regarding any risks that they pose to themselves and others, and I have no problem attributing that responsibility to the perpetrators when harm is being done. It doesn't bother me in the slightest that you all get angry and use terms like 'moral overtones' and 'moral blame' in a slurring manner, as if people who expect or encourage the right behavior are evil. I feel the same way about the 'unwanted pregancy' issue... tsk tsk shame on me.