I agree with everything that you wrote. I only mentioned the idea of disease because insulation is difficult and because it strikes at the person and raises deep fears that other social problems do not. > >Doug Henwood wrote: > > > No they don't but I think you're underestimating the preference of the > privileged to insulate themselves as much as possible from a problem rather > than facing it head on. From the first, the response to AIDS has been to > ignore its threat to "normal" (i.e., affluent white suburbanites) people, > and stigmatize it as a disease of queers, junkies, and racial minorities. > Unless lots of people in Scarsdale and Topeka start falling ill, the > "normal" people will continue to believe this and act accordingly. I'm > sorry to repeat myself on this to the point of boredom, but most > intellectuals overestimate the power of reason in politics. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
