The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals.
ATTRIBUTION:
Derek Jarman (b. 1942), British filmmaker, artist, author. “1980’s,” At Your Own Risk: A Saint’s Testament (1992).
