Little faith in latex.I was very surprised at Bishop Kevin Dowling's faith in the use of condoms as being the solution to the spread of AIDS ("Let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. condemn condoms in the fight against AIDS;' November). I was a researcher and microbiologist for some time, and I don't think you would get me nor any of my colleagues to handle a virus like the AIDS virus AIDS virus n. See HIV. wearing only a pair of latex gloves. Ask the people at the Centers for Disease Control or any research institute. More food for thought: Why is it that the rubber balloons kids had in the '50s and '60s stayed afloat for a couple of weeks, whereas the balloons today stay inflated only for five to six hours? Answer: Our balloons are latex. Cynthia Gonzalez Flashing, N. Y. Dowling has convinced me that there is an appropriate use of condoms under the right circumstances. His reasoning was flawless, his conclusion apodictic ap·o·dic·tic adj. Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible. [Latin apod . Aristotle himself and Saint Thomas Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands Saint Thomas, island (2000 pop. 51,181), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Univ. of the Virgin Islands are on Saint Thomas. Aquinas working as teammates on the same issue could not have done any better. Dowling deserves much credit and our prayers of support in going public with his statement of the issues. It breaks one's heart to learn what some women in the Third World do to survive. I suggest that the bureaucrats in the Vatican take six-month sabbatical and live in the Diocese of Rustenburg, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. doing counseling on sexual issues with the natives. L. B. Hoge Brandon, Fla. |
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