The point, Ake, is that you bandy about an old statistic to make a point that, in your view, gay men have deserved or brought upon themselves, or are responsible for HIV/AIDS because you believe them to be immoral or hygienic or whatever your prejudice happens to be this week.

The increasing rate of heterosexual diagnosis in the UK, the experience of HIV where it first emerged in straight populations and then the shocking STI data for young heterosexual folks in this country show your point to be as wrong as your 'evidence' is selectively misleading.

The mechanics of HIV transmission and the risky practices that straight and gay people indulge in also proves that your differentiation is futile.

But I suspect this is all too complicated for you. Anything of intellectual substance to contribute?