On 5/30/04 2:24 PM, "Neal Krasnoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/30/04 1:16 PM, "Laura Waterman Wittstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> It's disingenuous to put smoking, network television, and gay sex in >> the same group of "moral decisions." There is no question that gay sex, >> for example, is not a moral decision. Sex is clearly part and parcel of >> the human condition. Perhaps you are thinking of those who choose not >> to have sex for religious reasons. Otherwise, sex is a natural, normal >> part of human existence. And gay sex is part of natural, normal human >> existence. >> >> However smoking is a matter of health -- public health. > > <snip> > > "The other unchanged fact is that the community hit hardest by HIV continues > to be men who have sex with men (MSM). Last year 48 percent of new > infections occurred amongst MSM, disproportionately among men of color. > �These numbers underscore again the need for continuing prevention education > and testing,� asserts Teel..." Krasnoff's comparison of HIV being spread through gay sex to secondhand smoke is just as disingenuous as Atherton's comparison of a smoking ban to the numerous other "moral decisions" he listed. How many people have you known to contract HIV simply from sitting near two gay men (or any two people) having sex? None. That's the difference between contracting HIV and the health effects that come from secondhand smoke. You don't actually have to engage in the activity to be harmed by secondhand smoke. Mark Snyder Windom Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
