Bashing Harm Reduction Abroad

[amsterdam]

no,because its stupid.get real.all im saying is that people are so quick to scream and cry about things from the comfort of their homes.they dont do ANYTHING besides complain.sign up and go to africa and help.im sorry if the money isnt moving as fast as you would like but thats the way the world works.not to mention that the money is promised over 10 years.OH NO,THERES STORM TROOPERS OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WITH THE THOUGHT POLICE!!!LOL!!AND IS THAT A GLADIATOR?AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[F L E S H]

It's not about the money at all. Did you even read the whole article? Do you have any idea what we're talking about here?

[amsterdam]

under the program in algeria aids infection has gone down big time.i like it and think its good.why trust our $$ to foreign companies who throw it around and never do anything with it.

[deadboy]

Amsterdam shut up, you are a moron.
Abstinence doesnt work. It not a solution to the AIDS problem, its a pipe dream from the right wing christains. Giving money to abstinence programs is a waste of money, that money should be spent on education and condoms. People have sex, its normal, its healthy. Abstinence program supporters seek to convert people to Bushs stupid stone age religion.
Needle exchange programs reduce transmission of AIDS. Bush and and his evangelical holly rollers declared war of freedom. They dont want you me or anyone to get high on anything. In fact they want IV drug users to die. They are encouraging AIDS, many have said publically that they want jukies to get AIDS. They are evil people, those in the religious right.

"The program also forces any organization receiving funds to explicitly oppose the legalization of prostitution."

Another example of Bush wanting to force his religion on me and you. Legalization of prostitution always, without exception, reduces the rate of AIDS in sex workers. You cant rape a hooker without a condom in any legal brothel in the world. A street worker is in grave danger of this. There is nothing at all wrong with prostitution, except that some people with stupid religious views oppose it. But those same people also use prostitutes. Your dad uses the services of sex worker. Your fire and brimstone preacher does too, ask anyone in the vice squad, ministers are big in john busts. Your boss has sex with hookers, you might not yourself, but chances are good that one day, you will to. I did it in amsterdam, and it was fucking awesome. I refuse to feel ashamed about it based on some silly backwards religious fundies who want to make me feel guilty. I get lap dances, so do hollywood movie stars, it has nothing to do with being desperate or a loser, its just a having a little bit of fun with no strings attached, and no one gets hurt. I see NBA players at the local peeler all the time.
Its popular now to claim all sex workers are slaves, under control of organized crime, this is a lie. Women in the sex trade make 100 000 a year where i live in canada, and not one of them i have ever met is a slave. I see them after they get off work at strip joints at raves, and they are having the time of their lives. "Victims" who drive BMWs and make more money then 5 of us put together. And legalization of it is the only way to keep the pimps and predators out of the sex trade. Anything less is burying your head in the sand. In fact it could be said that sex trade workers are the most liberated of women. They make more than any 21 year old man does, they have power, and thats what Bush wants to take away. Powerful women are dangerous to people who want them to be baby slaves.
Bush and his cronies want to force their religion on the world and on you. They want to tell you who you can fuck, what you can smoke and how to live your life. Fuck them and their stupid backwards and ignorant views, people are dying because of them.

[Edgar]

"why trust our $$ to foreign companies who throw it around and never do anything with it." It appears we are no better than them at spending it. What kind of charity lists as a prerequisit, that you have to conform to its values or else no charity for you? In other words being charitable (a good christian value) takes a back seat to imposing ones own personal set of values on others? Yeah, I dont see that as money well spent, and i dont see it as an effective stategy for fighting the spread of AIDS, since abstinence is an unrealistic goal, and one we dont even impose on our own citizens.