Ake has been and continues to be my friend. He, like most folks has ideas that he has considered and conclusions he's reached on this and other controversies of our times. He's a good man despite our views differing (as they do on this and one other issue). He may be the guy many folks need to single out as the 'bad' guy, but that doesn't make him bad. He's just another one of us with a view. And no, I do NOT recall Ake saying AIDS (HIV) was a gay disease. If anything I said indicated that, my apologies, Ake.

Bruce