*Sigh*

And, since I haven't done enough to get myself worked up this morning...The UN is now saying that the US is actively harming the fight against AIDS in Uganda by hyping abstinence rather than using condoms. Link.

Okay, it breaks down like this in my mind. AIDS is a big problem, in that it's fairly preventable, but still ravaging the better part of a continent. It's spread, primarily, through sex. People are going to have sex, because it's basic human instinct and with a very, very small number of exceptions, people give into that instinct sometimes. Therefore, AIDS is spreading. Condoms have been proven to drastically reduce the chances of AIDS spreading.

Therefore, we preach abstinence in Africa and are reluctant to support the distribution of condoms.

....

Seriously: the hell? This latest accusation is just part of a trend. We've refused in the past to support anti-AIDS initiatives, beacuse they involve encouraging the use of condoms. Is it somehow more morally superior to sit on our spoiled, obese rear ends and watch a preventable epidemic continue across an entire continent, rather than hand out condoms? Let more people die vs. risk possibly being thought to encourage, sort of, sexual freedom?

There really, really are days when I'm just flat-out ashamed of America.