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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 May 2000 15:13:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Stanley writes:
> > I'm sorry, Ed, but I graduated from high school in 1988, that's 12 years ago.
> > We knew then, in what you would probably call a backwater southern city
> > (Nashville), that unprotected sex could end up killing you.
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> > So, imo and in my experience, anyone who has contracted AIDS through
> > unprotected sex (or needle sharing, also something that was known then) after
> > that period pretty much ought to take responsibility for his or her actions.
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> I am genuinely curious: How can you be so sure that everyone in the world
> knows about this? Have you seen a report that stated every school district in
> the world teaches safe sex? And even if they do, what about private/religious
> schools, or people who home school(1)? I would wager that sex related
> discussions are taboo in many cultures in the world.
We're veering around, I think Mike and Ed and I are sparring about the US,
where it's pretty hard to ignore the truth about how to catch it at this
point, it being common knowledge.
There may be remote parts of the world that haven't figured it out yet,
certainly, but until and unless you show that they present a clear and present
danger, it's not our problem. You're welcome to commit your charity dollars if
you like, but don't force me to go along with your allocation scheme at
gunpoint, thanks.
We are not the world's policeman and we are not our brother's keeper, much less
the world's.
++Lar
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| (...) I would go one step further. Venereal diseases have been around (and have been known about) for a lot longer than AIDS has been on the scene. Most are curable, some are not, and not all are limited in transmission to sexual contact. My point (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I am genuinely curious: How can you be so sure that everyone in the world knows about this? Have you seen a report that stated every school district in the world teaches safe sex? And even if they do, what about private/religious schools, or (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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