[glorgau]

This is how the "liberal" lifestyle is faring in Canada.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Some 254 new cases have been diagnosed locally this year authorities said early this week -- more than the total for North America in two decades"

Is that true? I had no idea syphillis had become so rare. Fewer than 250 North American cases in 20 years?

[FormerACLUmember]

With all that great "free" healthcare in Canada, after SARS and syphilis we will see a resurgance of the Black Plague and leprosy!!

[Texas Eagle]

A Canuck goes to the drugstore and buys a box of condoms.

Cashier: "That'll be five dollars plus tax."

Canuck: "Oh. Is that how you keep these things on?"

[CWOJackson]

Not culturally enlightened Vancouver?

Well, they put in government funded safe places to shoot up drugs. A nurse supervised the self administration of the dope to make sure the junkie is doing is safely and cleanly, then they take the doper to a chill out room for their comfort and safety.

Are they going to open government sponsored sex houses now?

[Texas Eagle]

The Internet has also made it easy for people to meet and have anonymous sex with several partners, Blatherwick said.

Uhhhhh......note to myself. Never buy a used computer from a Canadian.

[aristeides]

"It's the classic tale of Tudor kings going crazy from syphilis," said Blatherwick.

There were only three Tudor kings (in addition to two queens.) Edward died at too young an age, I think, for it to be possible that he went mad from syphilis. I've never heard of either Henry VII or Henry VIII having the disease, but I suppose it might explain some of Henry VIII's behavior later in life.

[CyberCowboy777]

So much for the Canadian Utopia.

Disease

Poverty

Failing health care system

moral decay

[CholeraJoe]

Be sure to wrap that rascal, Arghie.

[walford]

...Our outbreak is primarily among sex trade workers now, but we're worried about it jumping to the gay community and beyond and creating a bigger epidemic...

Uhh... I guess promoting monogamy or abstinence is out of the question, wouldnt' want to impose values on anyone, woulde we? Of course this promiscuity is a non-value being imposed -- hmmm?

'sex trade worker'?! Theyr'e prostitutes, babe. Sheesh!

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

"There's a lot of unsafe sex going on in Vancouver and the disease has simply taken hold," Rekart said. "Our outbreak is primarily among sex trade workers now, but we're worried about it jumping to the gay community and beyond and creating a bigger epidemic," he said.

As I read this, I was brought back to a time in 1963, I was sitting on my rack in the squadbay of Kilo 3 6 Camp LeJune, NC. A couple of racks down lived a boy from Boston, Mass. He was reading one of the Boston papers, can't seem to remember which, but it was of the tabloid style.

Well anyhow, he was reading a story about how the Italian mafia and the Irish mafia were killing each other off at a horrible rate, about one a day if memory serves me. Anyhow, he went on and read how the cops were frustrated at every turn in their attempts to stop the killings. And he said, to no one in particular, kind of like just speaking out loud, "So why don't they (the cops) just sit back and let them ( the two mafias) kill each other off?"

[sonofatpatcher2]

Somehow, someway, this has to be W's fault...

[al baby]

Was Bill clinton in town recently

[boothead]

Vancouver facing worst outbreak of syphilis in the developed world

Has this got anything to do with the Mad Cow Disease? Just wondering. You know how some of those farm boys are.

[hattend]

The Internet has also made it easy for people to meet and have anonymous sex with several partners, Blatherwick said.

But the carpal tunnel injuries and sticky keyboards really puts a damper on things.

[walford]

Bob & Doug McKenzie would like to take this opportunity to say that they have been completely unaffected by this situation.

[Hildy]

I don't mean this disrespectfully, but doesn't Vancouver have a huge Asian population?