some is weird, some is just fucked up. Consider:
A senior Vatican spokesman, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, told a BBC Radio audience in October that condoms are useless in preventing the spread of HIV (because the virus seeps through the porous latex) and therefore should not be used, even in AIDS-wracked Africa, where as much as 20 percent of the population is reportedly infected. The World Health Organization denounced Trujillo's claim but said it had heard similar Catholic Church messages in Asia and Latin America. [The Guardian, 10-9-03]
In October, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's inspector general released questions from the final exam for airport screeners, designed to measure the crucial, intensive training that the screeners had just completed. One question: "How do threats get on board an aircraft?" The supposedly challenging answers: "a. In carry-on bags; b. In checked-in bags; c. In another person's bag; d. All of the above." If that is too difficult, the inspector general also complained that 22 of the exam's 25 questions were repeats from previous exams and that some test-takers were briefed in advance. [New York Times, 10-9-03]
From News of the Weird.
Ok, I'm tired, and glad the Packers lost!
Posted by maximillian at November 10, 2003 11:10 PMWell we all know that condoms are not 100% effective but they do reduce the chance of infection and pregnancy. I am not convinced that they are useless though. That Cardinal seems a tad extreme.
Posted by: nexy on November 11, 2003 06:39 PM