San Francisco syphilis campaign toned down after cartoon draws opposition

Associated Press ^ | 6-27-02 | MARGIE MASON

[Oldeconomybuyer]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --

[Savage Beast]

I'm with the bus shelter people. There's only one penis that I'm into, and I'm into that one in a big way...uh... I mean...so to speak...

[Looking4Truth]

This is surreal.

I wonder if that commie bastard from Canada that does that irrelevant something-bury cartoon will adopt a new character?

I can see it now: "Mr. Sore wants to come and see Mr. Penis."

Bleechh...

[albee]

"Supposedly, they have a no-nudity clause and they interpreted this cartoon penis as violating that no-nudity clause, which is absolutely ridiculous," Klausner said Wednesday. "It underwent community reviews, and various staff in the health department felt this was sex-positive and fun, and it was created by the gay community in San Francisco."

Gee, they had the ad reviewed by all the city bureaucrats, gay rights leaders, politicians and liberal advocates. The only ones they neglected to ask were THE PEOPLE!

[CaptRon]

Has plain, common decency just vanished out there? This is what happens when your whole philosophy conisists solely of how you get your sexual gratification.

[bvw]

Chacterising Clinton allies as "someone proficient at his job" is incorrect. They were proficient at staying connected through the disbursing quaffs from OPM pools, or other tradeable institutional resources that they had been given to manage, but in general to call a Clinton supporter proficient has to be questioned.

[bvw]

"the disbursing quaffs from OPM pools" -- the disbursing of shared quaffs -- "gifts" -- out the the vast funds of Other People's Money, such as mutual funds, banks, or say shares and options of publically traded companies, or campaign funds, or non-profit endowments and charities.

[sweet_diane]

"But Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, head of the health department's sexually transmitted disease unit, said the $50,000 campaign comes at a time when gay and bisexual men need innovative messages to encourage them to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases"

I guess the science of STD's is just too much for gay and bisexual men to understand.... this article tells me Dr. Klausner believes they will only believe cartoons.

[boris]

I posted this yesterday but could only include a portion because it was from the L.A. Times.

[boris]

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