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  #21  
Old December 9th, 2003, 07:06 PM
A J Davenport
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Daedalus wrote in message . ..
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message ...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.

Fat people, get real!

----------------------------------------

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The more we
snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter we get.
Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight. Fatness -- more
politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds of thousands of deaths
each year from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.

Last year, a spate of "fat acceptance" books made us feel a little better
about our pear-shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us
the tasty news: You can be fit and fat.

Enter Michael Fumento.


Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?


Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth to
give your own position more credibility?


Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.

Tripe like this, ignores the rampant spread of AIDS in places like
China, Africa and India where the rise is primarily among the
Heterosexual population.

Is your whole life a self contrivance designed to make you feel better
about yourself?



Actually I think you may be confusing your modus operandi with mine.

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva!

Jade


A medical journalist and self-proclaimed "debunker
of faux fears" (his last book was "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS"), Fumento
is on a crusade.


Guess so!

Consider the source.

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva

  #22  
Old December 9th, 2003, 07:16 PM
Sarah Jane
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In A J Davenport wrote:
Daedalus wrote in message news:
...
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message news:HKFFNSRQ37963.
...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE. Fat people, get
real! ---------------------------------------- STOP THE
INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The
more we snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter
we get. Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight.
Fatness -- more politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds
of thousands of deaths each year from heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes and cancer. Last year, a spate of "fat
acceptance" books made us feel a little better about our pear-
shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us the
tasty news: You can be fit and fat. Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?


Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth
to give your own position more credibility?


Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.


Do you see the words "the risk...is so small"? That's "small", not
"nonexistent".

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.


Do you see the word "almost" before the word "exclusively"?

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.


Then you should learn to read.
  #23  
Old December 9th, 2003, 09:05 PM
Daedalus
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On 9 Dec 2003 11:06:26 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

Daedalus wrote in message . ..
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800,
(A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message ...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.

Fat people, get real!

----------------------------------------

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The more we
snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter we get.
Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight. Fatness -- more
politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds of thousands of deaths
each year from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.

Last year, a spate of "fat acceptance" books made us feel a little better
about our pear-shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us
the tasty news: You can be fit and fat.

Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?


Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth to
give your own position more credibility?


Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.

Tripe like this, ignores the rampant spread of AIDS in places like
China, Africa and India where the rise is primarily among the
Heterosexual population.


No where does it say, heterosexuals can't get AIDS. While I might not
agree with his erroneous perceptions (I'm only looking at the quote
you provided), it still appears as though you distorted the truth.


Is your whole life a self contrivance designed to make you feel better
about yourself?



Actually I think you may be confusing your modus operandi with mine.


I see. I'm a bully because I challenge your ridiculously spurious
claims. Thanks for supporting my argument.

Jade

  #24  
Old December 9th, 2003, 10:49 PM
A J Davenport
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Sarah Jane wrote in message ...
In A J Davenport wrote:
Daedalus wrote in message news:
...
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message news:HKFFNSRQ37963.
...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE. Fat people, get
real! ---------------------------------------- STOP THE
INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The
more we snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter
we get. Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight.
Fatness -- more politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds
of thousands of deaths each year from heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes and cancer. Last year, a spate of "fat
acceptance" books made us feel a little better about our pear-
shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us the
tasty news: You can be fit and fat. Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?

Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth
to give your own position more credibility?


Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.


Do you see the words "the risk...is so small"? That's "small", not
"nonexistent".


Yes, and it does nothing to address that the highest risk group in the
heterosexual population is women who risk AIDS at a much higher rate
than men do in indulging in unprotected heterosexual sex.

The fastest growing segment of new AIDS cases is among women, who have
a much higher risk of transmission than men do.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.


Do you see the word "almost" before the word "exclusively"?


Yes I did.

And by stating that you show rather narrow focus. The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced. It does not contain the
information necessary to protect a heterosexual person from
contracting AIDS, It encourages them to take risks with their lives by
engaging in unprotected sex because they are sure that they as a
heterosexual are protected by the almost exclusive part of the above
statement.

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.


Then you should learn to read.


And perhaps you should learn to read without such narrow focus.

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva!
  #25  
Old December 10th, 2003, 12:12 AM
S n o o r t
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On 9 Dec 2003, (A J Davenport) wrote:
Sarah Jane wrote in message
...
In A J Davenport wrote:
Daedalus wrote in message news:
...
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800,
(A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message news:HKFFNSRQ37963.
...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE. Fat people, get
real! ---------------------------------------- STOP THE
INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The
more we snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter
we get. Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight.
Fatness -- more politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds
of thousands of deaths each year from heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes and cancer. Last year, a spate of "fat
acceptance" books made us feel a little better about our pear-
shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us the
tasty news: You can be fit and fat. Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?

Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth
to give your own position more credibility?

Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.


Do you see the words "the risk...is so small"? That's "small", not
"nonexistent".


Yes, and it does nothing to address that the highest risk group in the
heterosexual population is women who risk AIDS at a much higher rate
than men do in indulging in unprotected heterosexual sex.

The fastest growing segment of new AIDS cases is among women, who have
a much higher risk of transmission than men do.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.


Do you see the word "almost" before the word "exclusively"?


Yes I did.

And by stating that you show rather narrow focus. The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced. It does not contain the
information necessary to protect a heterosexual person from
contracting AIDS, It encourages them to take risks with their lives by
engaging in unprotected sex because they are sure that they as a
heterosexual are protected by the almost exclusive part of the above
statement.

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.


Then you should learn to read.


And perhaps you should learn to read without such narrow focus.

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva!


Oh I see. Now "the point is that crap Fumento spews is not balanced."
Well no, it is not and was not the point.

The point is you made a claim - that Fumento stated "heterosexuals don't
get AIDS". You have yet to provide a single piece of evidence that shows
he had ever said that. You essentially lied and then evaded and smugly
criticized everyone who pointed that out.

Why don't you just stick to the self-delusion and hypocrisy of FAT
acceptance? It appears to be one of the few things at which you're
talented.

HTH

S*nort



  #26  
Old December 10th, 2003, 12:44 AM
Sarah Jane
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Default Fat people, get real

In A J Davenport wrote:
Sarah Jane wrote in message news:
...
In A J Davenport
wrote:
Daedalus wrote in message news:
...
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message news:HKFFNSRQ37963.
...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE. Fat people,
get real! ---------------------------------------- STOP
THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes.
The more we snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the
fatter we get. Approximately one-third of adult Americans are
overweight. Fatness -- more politely known as obesity --
results in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from
heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.
Last year, a spate of "fat acceptance" books made us feel a
little better about our pear- shaped physiques. All of a sudden,
anti-diet authors fed us the tasty news: You can be fit and
fat. Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?

Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the
truth to give your own position more credibility?

Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the
disease. Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the
spread of the virus.


Do you see the words "the risk...is so small"? That's "small", not
"nonexistent".


Yes, and it does nothing to address that the highest risk group in the
heterosexual population is women who risk AIDS at a much higher rate
than men do in indulging in unprotected heterosexual sex.


First of all, that has nothing to do with your original statement.
Secondly, that's not the point of the book.

The fastest growing segment of new AIDS cases is among women, who have
a much higher risk of transmission than men do.


And where does he say otherwise? He does not say that heterosexuals
don't get AIDS; he essentially says that it's unlikely to run rampant
through the heterosexual population, because although women can get it
from men, they're highly unlikely to spread it to other men.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up
in New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to
homosexuals, intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood
products prior to 1986, and their steady sexual partners.


Do you see the word "almost" before the word "exclusively"?


Yes I did.

And by stating that you show rather narrow focus.


No, I was pointing out your error.

The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced.


That's not what you said originally - you said that he denied the
existence of heterosexual AIDS, which is not true. And what do you mean
by "balanced"? He's trying to make a point, one that you obviously don't
comprehend.

It does not contain the
information necessary to protect a heterosexual person from
contracting AIDS,


Because that's not what the book is about. There's plenty of that
information available elsewhere.

It encourages them to take risks with their lives by
engaging in unprotected sex because they are sure that they as a
heterosexual are protected by the almost exclusive part of the above
statement.


Where does he tell people to engage in unprotected sex? Admittedly, I
haven't read the book, but I've read excerpts and never seen anything of
the kind. Although he doesn't believe that there's a high risk of
contracting HIV through normal heterosexual contact, I don't think he
denies the risks of getting syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, HPV,
etc.


End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.


Then you should learn to read.


And perhaps you should learn to read without such narrow focus.


You're the one with the narrow focus. You can't see the difference
between saying something is unlikely and saying it's impossible. You
also apparently don't understand the difference between talking about
individuals and populations, nor do you understand the difference
between a sex-ed manual and a political diatribe.
  #27  
Old December 10th, 2003, 05:02 AM
Brandon Berg
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"A J Davenport" wrote in message
om...
And by stating that you show rather narrow focus. The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced.


Balanced in the sense of containing truth and falsehood in equal measures?


  #28  
Old December 10th, 2003, 01:44 PM
Daedalus
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:24 GMT, Sarah Jane ,
wrote:

In A J Davenport wrote:
Sarah Jane wrote in message news:
...
In A J Davenport
wrote:
Daedalus wrote in message news:
...
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message news:HKFFNSRQ37963.
...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE. Fat people,
get real! ---------------------------------------- STOP
THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes.
The more we snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the
fatter we get. Approximately one-third of adult Americans are
overweight. Fatness -- more politely known as obesity --
results in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from
heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.
Last year, a spate of "fat acceptance" books made us feel a
little better about our pear- shaped physiques. All of a sudden,
anti-diet authors fed us the tasty news: You can be fit and
fat. Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?

Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the
truth to give your own position more credibility?

Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the
disease. Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the
spread of the virus.

Do you see the words "the risk...is so small"? That's "small", not
"nonexistent".


Yes, and it does nothing to address that the highest risk group in the
heterosexual population is women who risk AIDS at a much higher rate
than men do in indulging in unprotected heterosexual sex.


First of all, that has nothing to do with your original statement.
Secondly, that's not the point of the book.

The fastest growing segment of new AIDS cases is among women, who have
a much higher risk of transmission than men do.


And where does he say otherwise? He does not say that heterosexuals
don't get AIDS; he essentially says that it's unlikely to run rampant
through the heterosexual population, because although women can get it
from men, they're highly unlikely to spread it to other men.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up
in New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to
homosexuals, intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood
products prior to 1986, and their steady sexual partners.

Do you see the word "almost" before the word "exclusively"?


Yes I did.

And by stating that you show rather narrow focus.


No, I was pointing out your error.

The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced.


That's not what you said originally - you said that he denied the
existence of heterosexual AIDS, which is not true. And what do you mean
by "balanced"? He's trying to make a point, one that you obviously don't
comprehend.

It does not contain the
information necessary to protect a heterosexual person from
contracting AIDS,


Because that's not what the book is about. There's plenty of that
information available elsewhere.

It encourages them to take risks with their lives by
engaging in unprotected sex because they are sure that they as a
heterosexual are protected by the almost exclusive part of the above
statement.


Where does he tell people to engage in unprotected sex? Admittedly, I
haven't read the book, but I've read excerpts and never seen anything of
the kind. Although he doesn't believe that there's a high risk of
contracting HIV through normal heterosexual contact, I don't think he
denies the risks of getting syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, HPV,
etc.


End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.

Then you should learn to read.


And perhaps you should learn to read without such narrow focus.


You're the one with the narrow focus. You can't see the difference
between saying something is unlikely and saying it's impossible. You
also apparently don't understand the difference between talking about
individuals and populations, nor do you understand the difference
between a sex-ed manual and a political diatribe.



Right on the money. I was going to respond to her, but after reading
this I don't see the point.

You can expect further jockeying and fabrications to follow. AJ's
whole MO is about making false claims and then refusing to take
responsibility when she's challenged.

Jade

  #29  
Old December 10th, 2003, 07:13 PM
A J Davenport
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"Brandon Berg" wrote in message news:QNxBb.295531$Dw6.991090@attbi_s02...
"A J Davenport" wrote in message
om...
And by stating that you show rather narrow focus. The point is that
crap Fumento spews is not balanced.


Balanced in the sense of containing truth and falsehood in equal measures?


No, balanced as in not forcing his agenda by ignoring the facts when
they don't conform to reality.

You know, like REAL news reporting.

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva!
  #30  
Old December 10th, 2003, 07:13 PM
A J Davenport
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Daedalus wrote in message . ..
On 9 Dec 2003 11:06:26 -0800, (A J Davenport),
wrote:

Daedalus wrote in message . ..
On 8 Dec 2003 12:36:55 -0800,
(A J Davenport),
wrote:

(ADP) wrote in message ...
http://archive.salon.com/sept97/news/news970912.html

STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.

Fat people, get real!

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STOP THE INSANITY, GET OUT OF THE ZONE. AND DON'T, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TELL YOURSELF IT'S OK TO BE OBESE.


BY LORI LEIBOVICH | it's one of the great American paradoxes. The more we
snatch up diet books, ab busters and fen-phen, the fatter we get.
Approximately one-third of adult Americans are overweight. Fatness -- more
politely known as obesity -- results in hundreds of thousands of deaths
each year from heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.

Last year, a spate of "fat acceptance" books made us feel a little better
about our pear-shaped physiques. All of a sudden, anti-diet authors fed us
the tasty news: You can be fit and fat.

Enter Michael Fumento.

Gee, would this be the same Michael Fumento who claims that
hetrosexuals don't get AIDS?

Why am I not surprised to find you, yet again, distorting the truth to
give your own position more credibility?


Quotes directly from the horses ass:

AIDS:
Are Heterosexuals at Risk?
By Michael Fumento
Commentary Magazine, November 1987
Copyright 1987 Commentary Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/img1/fumentoglobe.gif

In fact, the risk to the male, or penetrating, partner of acquiring
AIDS in vaginal intercourse is so small that this alone could be
enough to prevent any substantial heterosexual spread of the disease.
Women, in other words, act as a "firebreak" against the spread of the
virus.

The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS:
The Hazard of Using Misiniformation
to Restore Morality
By Michael Fumento
Crisis Magazine, October 1988
Copyright 1988 by Crisis Magazine
http://www.fumento.com/hetmyth.html

10 years after the first heterosexual AIDS cases began showing up in
New York City, remains confined almost exclusively to homosexuals,
intravenous (IV) drug abusers, recipients of blood products prior to
1986, and their steady sexual partners.

End quotes:

Looks a lot like denial of heterosexual AIDS to me.

Tripe like this, ignores the rampant spread of AIDS in places like
China, Africa and India where the rise is primarily among the
Heterosexual population.


No where does it say, heterosexuals can't get AIDS. While I might not
agree with his erroneous perceptions (I'm only looking at the quote
you provided), it still appears as though you distorted the truth.


Good I'm glad you are objective enough to see his erroneous
perceptions. I urge you to go to the web site and read his opinons.
I think you'll find his agenda is suspect at best.

Is your whole life a self contrivance designed to make you feel better
about yourself?



Actually I think you may be confusing your modus operandi with mine.


I see. I'm a bully because I challenge your ridiculously spurious
claims. Thanks for supporting my argument.


There you go, thinking that I feel victimized by you simply because I
disagree with your view.

It never ceases to amuse me how often you and your friends come to
this conclusion, yet never see that your whining about FA could be
seen in exactly the same light.

Classic projection!

AJ
Because, somebody has to be the Diva!
 




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