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Old 09-05-2005, 10:45 AM   #1
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1st, I think we should drop the Cuban thing and established relations with them again. If we did that then eventually Cuba couldn't help but becaome a democracy. They all travel back and forth to here through the other Carribean Islands anyways.

2nd. The condom solution in Africa is silly. When all you have is your body and the pleasure it provides and nothing else no one here has any right to deny them the simple pleasure thier body provides. Throwing money at such an important problem is silly also but thats the liberal democratic way of life.

3rd. I think the residents of the continent of Africa do know what aids is. They see their bretheren die evey day from the disease. Do they have a deep understanding of what a slide looks like in the hemetology department of a hospital that is tainted with aids, probably not. Do they understand how virulent the pink and red hues are on that slide affect thier immune system, doubt it? Can they read and write about it as they sit in the sweltering sub-saharan heat, no? But to say they dont have any understanding is shallow at best and patronizing to the black man at its worst. They watch thiers babies, brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers die from a disease that I'm sure they have conjured up thier own words for.

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Sorry about the spelling in the previous post.

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Old 09-05-2005, 10:56 AM   #3
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Swimmer, go read what relief workers write about HIV in Africa. Yes, people see their families and friends die from AIDS, but the relationship between HIV and preventative measures are overcome by ignorance and (worse) cultural stigmas.

This has been lessened in some areas, not by "throwing money" at the problem, but by funding real people on the ground to do the messy work.

If we all think we should take care of Americans first...great, let's do it...but to be honest the wealth gap in this country is getting wider, not more narrow.

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Old 09-05-2005, 11:19 AM   #4
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Yes Spence and I love a good debate even if the ocasianal F bomb is dropped...Usually by me
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Old 09-05-2005, 11:24 AM   #5
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Yes Spence and I love a good debate even if the ocasianal F bomb is dropped...Usually by me
Actually Skip, for it to be considered a debate you'd have to offer some counterpoints





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