It's not a four letter word.

World AIDS Day has come and gone. The reach and results of this disease are so devistating that most days we Westerners choose to forget it even exists. Please remember with me.

AIDS has barely scratched the surface of its potential. Africa is falling farther behind, and Asia has just begun to recognize how widely the disease has already spread through India and China.

The BBC online has a section devoted to AIDS education. It has plenty of useful facts and figures about the epidemic. If you don't know about AIDS, go learn. If you do, then please teach someone else.