Benedict is pretty clever if you ask me.
It seems like he's doing a good job getting the media to forget about its past complaints by reasserting new old things for them to complain about.
For example, now the Internet is aflutter with condemnation (condomnation?) for the pope's recent statement concerning the use of barrier methods to prevent the spread of AIDS.
This is news?
Anyhow, I love this quote from the director of WHO's HIV/AID's department:
"The guidance we give is that condoms are highly (effective) to prevent
the transmission of HIV if they are used correctly and consistently,"
he said in a telephone interview.
The quote doesn't say how effective. Worse yet, the director qualifies his statement by saying "if they are used correctly and consistently." What I want to know is how often are they used incorrectly and inconsistently -- because that seems to be precisely the concern that the pope has.
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