Re: Boycott CBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:30:10 GMT, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>swamp wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:13:03 -0700, Rat & Swan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> 
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>>>swamp wrote:
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>>>>On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:02:50 -0700, Rat & Swan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>lazarus wrote:
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>>>>>>Then why is it that lesbians are the least likely group to get AIDS?
>>>
>>>>>That was always a good come-back to the homophobes.  The fact is
>>>>>that lesbians were not ignored in the safe-sex campaigns either;
>>>>>there was mention of dental dams, the problem of open cuts on
>>>>>fingers and in the mouth, and the equal opportunity dangers of
>>>>>S/M. (Have you ever tasted a dental dam?  Bleech....)
>>>
>>>>HIV is typically spread by virus-laden semen entering through mucous
>>>>membrane tears. In the vast majority of cases this occurs during anal
>>>>sex among homosexual males. Women can contract HIV the same way, but
>>>>are a "dead-end" for obvious reasons. They can be given the virus, and
>>>>on rare occasions it can turn up in tiny amounts in vaginal swabs,
>>>>saliva, and corneal impressions, but as non-semen producers women are
>>>>non-vectors. It's an extremely poor etiological come-back, Karen.
>>>
>>>Swamp, this was the early 1980's.  Nobody was sure how contagious HIV
>>>was through vaginal secretions. The point is that Lesbians were also
>>>concerned, and targeted for safe-sex information, such as it was then.
>>>Plus, there was the issue of blood in S/M.
>> 
>> 
>> ok. Now we're in 2003. Why do you capitilize "lesbians,"
>
>Because, unlike queer, Lesbian is a proper noun.  It 
>refers to the inhabitants of the island of Lesbos, 
>women who were all carpet-munchers.

According to my dictionary lesbian is not capitalized and not, in the
case of anyone not from the island, a proper noun.
Sue

>
>> what
>> difference does the woman's sexual preference make wrt AIDS, and why
>> not stick to the facts? Facts are more important than condoms, imo.
>> Using another's suspect argument to promote homosexuality/lesbianism
>> in the '80s or now is of no consequence, but twisting epidemiological
>> data to promote an agenda isn't a good idea.
>> 
>> Gay males are high risk for HIV. Lesbians aren't. Even in 2003.
>> 
>> And I don't care who anyone sleeps w/ if it's not my g/f,
>> 
>> 
>>>Rat
>> 
>> 
>> -- swamp