tim
19th January 2004, 09:37 AM
I don't know how many of you have heard of this gentleman - there's some background here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2490581.stm
I was listening to the radio on my way home this afternoon. The interviewer was talking to a Roman Catholic bishop in South Africa, who described the problem of HIV in his area. Amongst preganant girls the infection rate is 49%. A lot of these girls, and their babies, will die. The bishop feels that the use of condoms is justified as they are used to primarily prevent infection rather than as a birth control measure.
Then Peter Smith was invited to comment. His view is that the use of condoms was morally wrong. People should lead chaste lives. If they do not and contract HIV then they must just take responsibility for their own actions.
It's a long time since a churchman managed to get a rise out of me, but this man succeeded. It's a shame I can't swear, because this man is an unmitigated ******* **** and a total *******.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2490581.stm
I was listening to the radio on my way home this afternoon. The interviewer was talking to a Roman Catholic bishop in South Africa, who described the problem of HIV in his area. Amongst preganant girls the infection rate is 49%. A lot of these girls, and their babies, will die. The bishop feels that the use of condoms is justified as they are used to primarily prevent infection rather than as a birth control measure.
Then Peter Smith was invited to comment. His view is that the use of condoms was morally wrong. People should lead chaste lives. If they do not and contract HIV then they must just take responsibility for their own actions.
It's a long time since a churchman managed to get a rise out of me, but this man succeeded. It's a shame I can't swear, because this man is an unmitigated ******* **** and a total *******.