bah! AIDS conferees grapple with describing sex.

At issue is how to define those who are most vulnerable and at greatest risk of HIV infection, and thus deserve to be given priority in treatment.

The phrase that has alarmed many Muslim and Catholic nations defines "those most vulnerable" as "men who have sex with men, sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users and their sexual partners," along with children, refugees and displaced persons.

"Some elements want to use the opportunity ... to legitimize behaviors which are totally inconsistent with the values of others," one Muslim diplomat told CNN.

this is what happens when you let politicians decide health policy and procedure. maybe we should start letting the physicians treat diseases. bureaucrats don't seem to be doing so well with it.

and goddamn., this reminds me of Helms, and it just pisses me off. when i rule the planet, politicians will be imprisoned for life as punishment for screwing around while people die, just so they can complain and bitch and moan over what may be an embarrassing word or phrase, especially when most of the people that they worry may be offended by those words probably won't read the damned thing anyway.