http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:45:01 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/14/110334.php#comment-128355 About a half a million people die from smoking-related illnesses every year. How many people die from homosexuality? AIDS statistics do not count as that disease is not exclusive to homosexuals. In fact, lesbians have the lowest risk factor for the disease. Homosexuality is not a high risk activity (it isn't even an activity, it is a natural variation of the human condition, but that is another subject) but promiscuity -- which is by no means a practice that is limited to gay men -- is a high risk activity for anyone. It may be politically incorrect to ask people about their sexual orientations, but it is even more so to ask people -- gay or straight -- if they are promiscuous. 128355@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:45:01 EST