I don't get this protest. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation of Los Angeles is decrying this Viagra ad. "What are you doing on New Year's Eve?" a smiling gray-haired man asks in a full-pager that ran in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 29. The text reads: "Fact: Viagra can help guys with all degrees of erectile dysfunction-from mild to severe."
"Not only does sending this reckless message contribute to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but it is also part of a pattern of irresponsible direct-to-consumer advertising by the drug industry," said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS group.
Either they're anti-sex on New Year's Eve, or just reflexively
anti the drug industry (or the Wall Street Journal, or capitalism,
or fun, or...). I'm sure Viagra is misused, by gays and others, as
a party drug. But it has also enabled up to millions of older men
to enjoy sexual relations again. The AIDS activists merely seem
churlish.