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Old 04-14-2005, 10:41 PM  
rickholio
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You can't really blame the pope for widespread AIDS in africa, or at least not all that much.

For one, condoms are helluva pricey there. A couple bucks for a pack may be cushion change for us, but there that's a day's wage or more.

Second, common folklore in some countries has it that if you have sex with a virgin, YOU'LL BE CURED OF AIDS. Well, you can imagine how effective THAT is... at spreading the infection, that is. Often times, forcibly on very underaged girls (we're talking 7, 8 years old here).

Pope might notta been all that, but I don't think you can reasonably pin this one on him.
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