Good Point on the PopeTim Worstall, writing in
Tech Central Station on those who blame Pope John Paul II for not allowing Catholics to use condoms to help prevent the spread of AIDS:
The first and most obvious answer is that of course the Church has no responsibility for these AIDS deaths at all. For along with the idea that one should not use contraceptives are the teachings that one should be virgin at marriage, not have sex outside marriage and marry only one person. It's rather difficult to see how, in a world that actually followed such teachings, AIDS would in fact be a sexually transmitted disease.Yep. The assumption seems to be that people don't listen to the Pope about sex outside of marriage, but then refuse to use condoms because it's against their religion. That doesn't make any sense when you think about it.
