>Hilmar,
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>That article seems less about AIDs prevention and more about spitting in the fact of the moralistic USA. All sorts of old sayings come to mind, including "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face" and "looking a gift horse in the mouth".
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>I have a suggestion. I understand Brazil has AIDS education and treatment campaigns specifically for males and children, not just efforts aimed at prostitution. So why not identify and spend the $40mill from the US on the "acceptable" campaigns. Distribute the $40mill thereby freed up across all other campaigns. According to my math that delivers an additional $40mill of campaign and I see no victim in such an approach, except possibly those who are no longer able to feel good about delivering a slap to the evil empire.

I was wondering about that possibility myself. Perhaps they find it difficult to keep things separate. I don't know.

Or perhaps it is rather that they simply found the offer offensive. This is something the news item actually stated.