"You can't resolve [the AIDS problem] with the distribution of condoms," the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."Oh, I get it now! If you tell people they can't use condoms, they'll stop having sex. And that will solve the problem, right?
Seriously, though, no one has ever said that the AIDS problem can solved simply by distributing more condoms. At best, you can reduce the rate at which it spreads. But condom use has to be part of the solution. So for the pope to suggest that anyone is trying to solve the problem by distributing condoms is disingenuous. And to insist that condoms not be distributed - in the hopes that it will somehow stop people from having sex - is criminal.
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AIDS was requested and funded by US Congress in the 1970's under HB 15090.
It was specifically effective at targeting people of color. Then the WHO spread the virus in Africa in 1980 and 1981 with Small Pox vaccine tainted with the AIDS virus.
It is a means to wipe out the African continent without pesky wars.
Some argue that the actual HIV virus is too small to be blocked by condoms. So, perhaps the Pope is saving Africans the trouble of a placebo. The world WANTS Africa dead. We want their resources and oil. Why aren't we honest?
I had originally posted a very unkind comment because I'm pretty tired of these kind of conspiracy theories. I deleted it.
Please, Anonymous, don't post things like this unless your citations and your science can stand up to scrutiny.
The HB 15090 urban legend has be adequately debunked elsewhere. Many, many studies have shown that condoms are an effective anti-HIV measure.
And, lastly, HIV has nowhere near wiped out the population of the African continent.
I'll let you do the research. Don't post back here until you do.
I think the pope is right. If people kept their pants on outside of marriage instead of thinking that a flimsy glorified balloon is going to protect them, there'd be a lot less AIDS around, not to mention a lot less "unwanted pregnancies" caused when those little balloons pop!
Anon, did you know that the CIA was behind 9/11 and JFK's death!
Anon@4:45, are you naturally this naive or are you deliberately acting dumb? Just curious.
Anon@4:45, what about someone who got AIDS from a blood donation and then got married? Do you think they should use condoms to protect their partner?
The Pope says, No. What do you say?
It would probably and hopefully be more likely to contract AIDS from a broken condom. I would hope that blood is screened more carefully than that. There are drugs to prevent and or delay infection for years. The pope isn't heartless and neither am I but the real problem is rape and dishonesty. If AIDS victims mostly married each other it would help, but even with condoms there is no easy solution. Rapists generally don't wear condoms. 4:45
THE POPE IS OBVIOUSLY TOO OLD TO COMMENT OR TO THINK LOGICVALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SEX OR ANYTHING ELSE
DOES CARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF AFRICANS OR ANYONE ELSE.
SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO RENDER A VOTE ON THINGS THAT DONT CONCERN HIM
NEITHER DO STATE OFICIALS OR OTHER CHURCHES HAVE ANY RIGHT TO RENDER AN OPINION.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARFE ONLY SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT FROM KNOWLEDGE OR FROM LOGIC.
I was, of course, speaking theoretically about AIDS from a blood transfusion, at least here in North America after the late 90's. However, Elizabeth Dole's tenure at the American Red Cross left that organization's blood donation program in chaos; there were serious problems with screening while she headed the ARC. I leave it to you to find the citations.
But you still fail to show the data that justifies your assumptions, and then bring "rape" into the discussion.
The problem is religious faith which denies proper prophylactic measures to halt the spread of disease. The Pope's has a dangerous attitude about measures to prevent disease spread, even among those who do share the strange attitude about sex his faith promulgates.
He is little better than a Jehovah's Witness who refuses to vaccinate his children and thus endangers other children who cannot be vaccinated because of immune system problems.
They both have blood on their hands.
By the way, Anonymous, your "hopefully" comment shows that your hands are not clean, either.
I invite you to leave the dark ages and join the 21st century. We promise to not punish you with death for things like eating shellfish.
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