west@sdcsla.UUCP (11/22/83)
%%void%% Dave Wargo asked: >>Homosexuality does not hurt anyone? >>Mabey you would like to explane AIDS. Dave: AIDS is a disease transmitted through the blood. It is thus a venereal disease and, like gonorrhea, syphilis, and herpes, no fun for anyone. Needless to say, there is nothing one can do which is completely safe -- pregnancy, for example, is even more of a risk to the woman's life than is an abortion. I think that whoever posted the original article (which I didn't see) merely meant that the intention and usual result of homosexual encounters is not to hurt the other person [well, unless that's what they want, I suppose]. This doesn't mean there is no harm done or risk taken, just that it is not unusually high -- excepting very promiscuous people, who are taking a risk no matter what their sexual preferences are. -- Larry West {definitely grim} UC San Diego possible net addresses: -- ARPA: west@NPRDC -- UUCP: ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west -- or ucbvax:sdcsvax:sdcsla:west