Most African populations that I'm aware of aren't too hot on Puritan principles and view sex in a somewhat different fashion that here in the US, especially among deep 3rd world African nations. Promiscuity and polygamy is, dare I say, more commonly practiced in the bulk of AIDS-torn Africa, where education on the consequences of such practices is sadly lagging in light of the epidemic that is surging across that region.
If you look at the demographics, there's NO denying that Africa is
THE AIDS/HIV hotspot on the planet.
What to do about it?
Well, if you're France, you whine, piss and moan about an entity that is putting more money into the relief fund that it EVER could, even if it wanted to put in more.
Chirac and his cronies are the biggest bucket of self-serving, arrogant, stuck-up pukes that have come out of Europe since Mariah Carey had her last concert there adn came back to the US...
Ok, had to get it out of the system.
Anyway:
Of course we are going to add stipulations to how that money is going to be spent (see Iraqi Oil for Food program for some of the reasons why
). It's OUR money that WE are shelling out here. Given that by far and away the largest percentage of AIDS cases are developed by sexual contact, there are two immediate solutions:
1) Abstinence - If you want to be DAMN sure you don't get the disease, keep your urges to yourself. If not, roll the dice and see what you come up with. It's pretty simple. As I'm not fond of getting poison ivy or snakebites when I'm out camping, I don't knowingly walk in fields of the crap and I don't play with slithering things that have rattles on the end of their tails. While liberals are climbing all over each other to denounce the move as a "Christian" based policy, I simply see it as logic.
Roller-coaster rules apply here: "Keep all your extremities in control and inside the cabin during the remainder of the ride".
Pretty simple and makes sense, no?
2) Condoms - Next best thing, but still risky in my book. It all depends if you are a gambling man (or woman), I guess.
Flip-side:
We are also protecting biotech firms that have invested billions in research and have control over patents here Stateside with the stipulations, too. If you are in favor of protecting the US economy and jobs here, then you are in favor of this particular stipulation, as I GUARANTEE that if these companies let loose on their patent holdings (before they expire) for generic drug-manufacturers to get their hands on, they will be flooding markets with their cheaper medicines and will more than likely kill any break-even chance that these US companies have on their research.
If this is done, then where is the incentive for further research, if there's no profit to be made in it?
There's no free lunch here and that's what socialists and many in the UN just simply don't understand. If France and those in the UN that are screaming the loudest really wish to have an impact, I suggest they scrap together money to purchase the patents from the PRIVATE enterprises here and abroad, where they can then do damn-well whatever they please.
George W. Bush is 04' 