In a message dated 7/26/98 1:10:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: << decided to flame me because I didn't know about homosexual family members problems that resulted in death. >> Reading this thread, I'd say the point is that Dale made the assumption in his first message that, of course, a self-respecting doctor would have no mental- health encounters he wouldn't mind sharing with the world and would be HIV- negative. It's no flame to note the narrowness of this point of view. Max Kahn New York, NY