<p>According to a newspaper article in the UK, quoting a BBC interview, “Bill Clinton made a plea yesterday for a new emphasis on monogamy as a key element in the battle against AIDS.”</p>
<p>I wonder if your irony detector is flashing as brightly as mine.</p>
<p>Link to article: [TheSpec.com</a> - CanadaWorld - Clinton urges monogamy Health services key to AIDS fight](<a href=“Home”>Home)</p>
<p>Come on, doesn’t *anyone *think it’s humorously ironic that Bill is speaking out in favor of monogamy? I live for this sort of thing.</p>
<p>The man may have been a philanderer, but not a polygamist.</p>
<p>And what politician in his or her right mind would publically endorse polyamory? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Actually, when it comes to AIDS, being a polygamist may be safer than being a philanderer.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I do, I dooooooo!:D</p>
<p>Me tooooooo!</p>
<p>Pot calling the kettle promiscuous I think.</p>
<p>Sometimes the mistakes we make help us to see how important it is to help prevent others from making the same mistakes.</p>
<p>Just a thought…</p>
<p>[“To pretend we can ever get hold of this without dealing with that – the idea of unprotected sexual relations with unlimited numbers of partners – I think would be naive.”</p>
<p>Experts believe that although there is no evidence that Africans have more sex, the nature of their sexual relationships may help to explain the high rate of AIDS on the continent. Research suggests there is a higher frequency of overlapping sexual partnerships, creating sexual networks that, from an epidemiological point of view, are more efficient at spreading infection.</p>
<p>Serial monogamy and sporadic one-off sexual encounters, as practised in the West, are less effective at spreading infection.]</p>
<p>It helps to read the whole article.</p>
<p>I think President Clinton has earned his qualifications in the battle against AIDs.</p>
<p>If anyone understands the epidemiological risks of random sex with multiple partners, it would be Bill Clinton. I agree, he’s an expert.</p>
<p>I actually very much respect and applaud Former President Clinton’s Aids work in Africa, but there is indeed a humorous irony in his call for monogamy.</p>
<p>Do you know where your S or D is?</p>
<p>Yup, S is upstairs asleep (has to work his shift at the pet hotel tomorrow;)).</p>
<p>I don’t find it ironic, AIDS is a big problem in some parts of Africa, and one way to reduce the spread is for everyone to be be in a stable monogamous relationship.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>OK, here’s the explanation:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Bill Clinton might be the most famous cheater-on-his-spouse in public life*, noted for cheating on his wife over and over again (Google “bimbo eruptions”)</p></li>
<li><p>Admonishing others to do that which you will not commit to can be ironic.</p></li>
<li><p>Therefore, Clinton’s public statements are ironic.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>This has NOTHING to do with whether or not it’s a good idea.</p>
<p>Re: Monogamy. I get the sense that when Bill Clinton recommends monogamy for others, it means something different than when he applies that concept to himself.</p>
<ul>
<li>Until John Edwards. Or Newt Gingrich.</li>
</ul>
<p>From the story:</p>
<p>Serial monogamy and sporadic one-off sexual encounters, as practised in the West, are less effective at spreading infection</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>WashDad, I understand your point, but most Africans don’t know Bill that way, they know him as someone who cares about them, and they will probably follow his advice.</p>