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Abbott figures that her housewifey style has been a tactical advantage. "They weren't scared of me." One day when Baird & McGuire was still operating, she arrived at the executive office unannounced, went in to see Cameron Baird, the head of the company, and got a firsthand look at the contamination from him. A public meeting last June with EPA officials at Holbrook High School, Abbott says, "was a real lynch mob. And I think I led it." She sounds both abashed and proud. The EPA had intended simply to present its latest findings. Instead its representatives faced the point...
Jake Stevens's recent letter to the editor (October 7) grossly misrepresented Conservative Club speaker Paul Cameron's proposed solution to the AIDS problem, as well as distorting the Conservative Club's reasons for inviting Mr. Cameron...
First, Stevens's allegation that Cameron advocates the summary execution of homosexuals could not be further from the truth. In fact, in his presentation, Cameron expressly rejected the "China Solution" of execution as morally repugnant. In fact, it was his repudiation of this option that moved him to consider the quarantine option as a drastic, but possibly necessary step to undercut the pressure for even more Draconian measures...
Second, the Conservative Club did not invite Cameron on the basis of his professional medical credentials alone. While not necessarily endorsing Cameron's viewpoint, the Conservative Club nonetheless felt that discussion of the AIDS issue, in the context of the grave threat to public health which AIDS represents, is a service to the Harvard community...
Although much needs to be learned about AIDS, there are facts which should dispel the presumptions behind a scheme like Paul Cameron's. First, AIDS is hard to get. Medical authorities refrain from offering absolutes, but there has yet to be a case of AIDS transmitted through casual contact. Secondly, homosexuality is not a cause of AIDS. AIDS is caused by a virus, not by sexual preference. There are some sexual practices which seem to facilitate the transmission of AIDS, and concerned individuals should educate themselves of these risks...