🚀 go-pugleaf

Its really too bad that closing the bath houses in SF had to wait
until the public health department had to take a stand.  The bad
press involved certainly won't help matters at all.

I recall a story in the LA times where a physician found several
of his AIDS patients visiting bathhouses and demanded that they
leave.  (I believe he was sued by one of them.)

The forceable closing in the bay area compounds the problem in other
areas.  Two of my friends that used to frequent the tubs in the city
now find reason to travel here (San Diego) and indulge.  I tend to 
be physically close with most of my friends and am not looking
forward to their next visit.  I hate to alienate them but I certainly
don't share their indifference to the current problems.  As one of them
put it: "There's a bullet with my name on it out there, and sooner
or later I'll get it. Why worry about it?".  That may be just fine
for them but I certainly don't want to be caught in the crossfire.


				Todd Arensen
				
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