Ake, rather than your "concentration camp" approach to dealing with HIV/Aids infections, in King County, in which Seattle resides, most doctors include HIV testing along with routine physical check-ups, such as cholesterol and blood sugar levels. They don't put young gay men in a separate room and treat them differently from any other patient.

Obviously, it works, because HIV/Aids infection percentages are much lower here than other cities despite the higher population of gays.

Seattle is a vibrant, civilized city. And part of that is due to the fact that most of the citizens here don't spend any time pacing back and forth, smacking a fist into the palm of their other hand, and agonizing over what kind of bizarre perversions their neighbors might be indulging in in the privacy of their own bedrooms.

Don Firth