Honestly I'd rather have it discussed on message boards and blogs and NOT in the paper. When a medical cause is in the paper, on every store shelf, it means that it's totally controlled by corporate interests and the "awareness" times are more about profit than about the patients.

So many of the AIDS-related charities are community-based, focused on helping PWA's and HIV+ populations cope. Much more worthwhile IMO than many medical charities - and yet, less corporate support just because of less corporate profit.

Thanks for the reminder, Gray. Actually I'd forgotten it was World AIDS Day - and yet, I found myself on Monday thinking about a couple of friends I'd lost to AIDS.