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And this puppet will slow the spread of AIDS in exactly what manner?

It's a stupid, feel-good, do nothing excercise.

The Sesame Street people in Africa are free to do it, if it makes them feel good. I'm free to make fun of their creation.

And you're free to pat yourself on the back, imploring people to show more compassion for an puppet who is sick.

I'm not imploring people to feel compassion for a muppet, I actually just think it's kind of disgusting for a bunch of North American computer nerds to sit around yukking it up about children whose parents have died of a wasting disease. I mean, why is it so funny that someone would want to do something to help explain to these kids what happened to their parents? Is it inherently humorous because they are AFricans? Is that the deal?

I have a good friend whose parents both died within months of each other (of lukemia and cancer, respectively) when he was nine, and actually, it was quite devastating for him, not at all humorous as you seem to think. Of course, he was fortunate, he was able to go to foster home in Canada, he not simply sent to fend for himself on the streets as most of these kids are. But, color me humorless I guess, I am not able to find much joy in the contemplation of such things.