On 5/30/04 5:31 PM, "Mark Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 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.

That was not my assertion - it was that <both> activities are public health
issues.

Neal Krasnoff
Loring Park

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