Ake, over my rather lengthy life I have known a lot more than four homosexual couples. Out of a fairly large number of people, I know of two men who contracted HIV/AIDs and died from it. That's two too many of course, but contrary to what you keep saying, it's a pretty small percentage of those I have been acquainted with over the years.

You try to bolster your own case by attempting to denigrate my knowledge and experience.

You judge the whole situation from a bunch of statistics—which, by the way, you tend to "spin" to reflect your own prejudices. One "statistic" you have cited a number of times is that "74% of homosexual men have HIV/AIDs." I have checked the CDC figures and what they say is that 74% of those who have HIV/AIDs are men, NOT that "74% of homosexual men have HIV/AIDs." And some of those men may by heterosexual and picked it up from women who where infected.

The problem is not homosexual men. The problem, as with all sexually transmitted diseases, is promiscuity. Is that so hard to grasp?

The way you are using the CDC's statistics is as if one is saying that 100% of men have prostate cancer, which is obviously silly. Only men have prostates. Therefore, 100% of those who contract prostate cancer are men.

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics!"

If you were REALLY concerned with reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDs, one would think that you would be promoting the reduction of promiscuity among homosexual men by encouraging stable, monogamous relationships—instead of denigrating and deriding those who ARE concerned.

Don Firth