People Are Desperate - Can't You See That?
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Can't you ignorant Christians just accept that your silly abstinance policies are not for us??
[[ US abstinence drive hurts AIDS fight - UN official
The U.S. government's emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa's battle against the pandemic by downplaying the role of condoms, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said fundamentalist Christian ideology was driving Washington's AIDS assistance program known as PEPFAR with disastrous results, including condom shortages in Uganda. ]]
This is my favorite part:
[[ The Ugandan government, which in 2004 recalled free condoms over quality fears, has failed to provide alternatives -- pushing the price of store-bought condoms up threefold, Ugandan activist Beatrice Were told the teleconference.
"From this you can see where Uganda is going ... people are desperate for condoms," she said. ]] (LINK to amazing story)
If they're that desperate, all they need to do is attend a school here in an American blue state... they have plenty.
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posted by kmg at 11:21
12 Comments:
A quote from the page SAJ provides us:
"A Harvard study credits abstinence programs with greatly reducing the spread of AIDS in Uganda during the past several years. The report notes that infection rates have dropped 50% between 1992 and 2000 because of Uganda's emphasis on promoting abstinence before marriage and fidelity in marriage."
Now, listen... you have to stop trying to fight them with useless weapons like facts! Moonbats are impervious to facts!!
Uugghh!! More facts!!!!
Studies show that from 1991 to 2001, HIV infection rates in Uganda declined from about 15 percent to 5 percent. Among pregnant women in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, HIV prevalence dropped from a high of approximately 30 percent to 10 percent over the same period.3 How did Uganda do it?
The best evidence suggests that the crucial factor was a national campaign to discourage risky sexual behaviors that contribute to the spread of the disease. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Ugandan government, working closely with community and faith-based organizations, delivered a consistent AIDS prevention message: Abstain from sex until marriage, Be faithful to your partner, or use Condoms if abstinence and fidelity are not practiced.
Those facts sure are stubborn things, aren't they?
"the country is now in the grip of condom shortage so severe that men are using plastic garbage bags in an effort to protect themselves."
Maybe we should send them the twist-tied ones by Hefty. That way, then not only have increased strength against breakage but they can use the handles to tie them on...prevents slippage...
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
BTW, great sites, SAJ---
as was the one on American liberal churches bleeding members. Thanks.
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
All right, you two... that'll be enough of that!!
lol
Any reply as to the effectiveness of that would be obscenely biological, however, so I'll leave it alone... (:-p)
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
It's your own fault, KMG; you should have forseen the potential for comic abuse this story would generate... :)
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
Hefty bag? I can only imagine what the woman is thinking when the man whips out a 30 gal/3 ply bag and says, "I come prepared!"
Ten Possible Titles for Planned Parenthood Films About the Horrors of the Condom Shortage in Africa:
1) Hefty (with apologies to the excellent movie "Heavy")
2) Bagged and Deserted
3) In The Can
4) The Garbage Man Always Rings Twice
5) Pitch In! (Boy, the use of that motto dates me...)
6) A Dumpster Named Desire
7) Wrapped in Desperation
8) (Twist)Tied Up In Love
9) A Passion for Polyvinyl
10) You'll Be "Glad" You Did
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
Okay, SAJ... that was offsides!! Gadzooks!!
Okay, Tsar... I'll jump in... but only a little!
How about:
"Give A Hoot- Don't Pollute!"
"Don't Get Mad- Get Glad!"
"Polyurethane: Not Just For Garbage Anymore!"
"Landfill Grade Latex- Get It Now!"
"Bag Of Desires"
More Film Titles:
1) Prevention: It's a Cinch(Sack)
2) The Plastic Fantastic Lover (hat tip: Jefferson Airplane)
3) The Landfill of the Vanities
Sheesh...I gotta stop this stuff. I've been kicking caffeine starting yesterday, so I have a major headache coupled with nausea and that weird, buzzing feeling in my head; serious withdrawal. I've been bloggin to take my mind off it, but time to get serious again...
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
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