Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!bbncca!motss From: todd@bang.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.motss Subject: Closing bathhouses Message-ID: <1066@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 18:55:23 EDT Article-I.D.: bbncca.1066 Posted: Thu Oct 25 18:55:23 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Oct-84 00:37:28 EDT Lines: 22 Approved: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA Its really too bad that closing the bath houses in SF had to wait until the public health department had to take a stand. The bad press involved certainly won't help matters at all. I recall a story in the LA times where a physician found several of his AIDS patients visiting bathhouses and demanded that they leave. (I believe he was sued by one of them.) The forceable closing in the bay area compounds the problem in other areas. Two of my friends that used to frequent the tubs in the city now find reason to travel here (San Diego) and indulge. I tend to be physically close with most of my friends and am not looking forward to their next visit. I hate to alienate them but I certainly don't share their indifference to the current problems. As one of them put it: "There's a bullet with my name on it out there, and sooner or later I'll get it. Why worry about it?". That may be just fine for them but I certainly don't want to be caught in the crossfire. Todd Arensen ihnp4 | sdcsvax !bang!todd