Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 23:31:23 -0400 From: "Averthan" <[email protected]>
[Goanet] OF CONDOMS AND CONUNDRUMS Excerpt: "The modern world needs to be reminded, as Pope Benedict XVI has sought to do, that tragedies like HIV/AIDS cannot be cured merely by investing more money or providing more condoms. The root lies in the minds and the attitudes of people, who have acquired a condomized culture." Mario responds: The efficacy of condoms in preventing HIV/AIDS, including the results of a report by WHO, and its proper interpretation, were discussed in detail in: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175915.html Excerpt: "The fact is that the correct and consistent use of condoms is far better than not using condoms, and incorrect or inconsistent use is almost like not using condoms at all." "It is an abuse of the language to call condoms "safe" without any qualification."
