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I did volunteer work for a local AIDS education charity some years ago. They had studies (which I'll try to sniff out on the internet) which showed that talking about the behaviour in terms of "safe" sex actually increased compliance. If you you keep reminding people that all sex involves some level of risk, then they lose faith in safe sex measures. "If it's all unsafe, I might as well be really unsafe and enjoy myself more."
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No, I totally agree, and certainly wasn't trying to start any kind of argument to the contrary. There's just a little part of me that still wishes that neither term had gained the currency that it has, since both 'safe' and 'safer' come across as emotionally-charged terms laden with expectations. A more neutral term like "sex with a condom" will win out for me every time. But, of course, in the bigger picture of the real world where these terms
are in use, I concur with you 100%.