🚀 go-pugleaf

The closing (or attempted closing) of the bathhouses in San Francisco has
put me in the rather uncomfortable position of supporting them while never 
having gone or wanting to go to one.  The real issue here is anonymous sex, 
which has always been dangerous, even without the threat of AIDS.  But closing
down the bathhouses isn't going to stop anonymous sex.  People are simply
going to go to public places, like parks. The owners of private bathhouses
can at least make condoms and health information available.  

What's really needed is education, not only about AIDS, but also about
different ways of having sex.  Teach people about types of sex that don't
involve exchanging bodily fluids.  Teach them that sex isn't a disrespectful
act that will debase you and your friends if you do it with them. No, I don't
know how to go about educating every gay person out there, and I don't
believe that's even possible.  But this sort of education will actually
change people's actions, instead of just changing where they do what they do.

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			      Jeff Mattson
			    JMattson@BBNCCA
			  24 Westland Ave. #10
			    Boston, MA 02115