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- From: rjv@a2.cim.cdc.com (Rene Valdes x4660)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton
- Subject: Re: AIDS and those damn democrats
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- Date: 25 Jul 92 00:53:37 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.210125.26087@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul22.032747.7660@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Jul22.142048.371@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Jul22.164306.20952@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1992Jul22.171306.17847@uwm.edu> <1992Jul22.200716.26223@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul23.153126.22572@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, noyes@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
- |> Is it so ludicrous to suggest that people stop engaging in the type
- |> of behavior that is known to spread the AIDS virus. It is a simple
- |> solution, I know, but why not try it? I think that people would
- |> rather just throw lots of money trying trying to fix diseases like
- |> AIDS, rather than curing the behavior that caused it!
-
- People have been trying to educate people about the risks involved in
- certain unprotected sexual practices for years and they have been very
- effective in curbing the spread of HIV infection among certain
- populations. Unfortunately, the Republican administrations have
- been extremely reluctant to provide the needed leadership and funding
- to promote this educational process. It has been done by individuals
- who care. Because of the neglect of our government, many more thousands
- of people, men and women, gay, bi, and straight, people of all races, will
- die. Many will be young people. Yes, Mr. Noyes, we want people to know
- how to protect themselves (without giving up sex), but we definitely need
- to find a cure for this disease, just as we need to find a cure for any disease
- that causes human suffering and death.
-
- |> The only AIDS infected people that I have compassion for are the
- |> innocent health care workers, children, transfussion patients, and
- |> rape victims that have contacted the disease through incidental means.
- |> The others that have contracted it knew there was a risk, and didn't beat
- |> the odds.
-
- This is absolutely false. There are thousands upon thousands of people,
- living and working today and contributing to society, who were exposed
- to HIV before 1982, before even the terms HIV and AIDS had been created.
- They did not know of such a risk. There are thousands upon thousands of
- people also who got infected after this date because they did not know
- about this desease, due to the lack of leadership in this country. There are
- no innocent and guilty people. They were all at some risk and we owe
- ourselves and our children our best effort to protect the uninfected and
- to find a cure for the sick.
-
- |> I don't think that God designed the human anus to recieve a man's penis
- |> so it is no wonder that problems occur when this type of behavior is common
- |> place. I also don't think God put monkeys, and gerbals in the
- |> food chain for the purpose of human copulation! But who am I to
- |> say?
-
- You sure have not been appointed by anybody to police America's
- bedrooms. But you sure are spreading misinformation and hate. That
- stuff about monkeys and gerbals (sic.) is garbage of the worst kind. It
- is an attempt to make a group look bad in the eyes of the so-called
- mainstream. It is one of the divisive tactics we see conservative
- Republicans use to divide us into antagonistic camps. It does not
- have any relationship with reality. And it is not working this year!
-
- |> I sure as hell don't want my tax dollars spent on programs to stop the
- |> spread of AIDS, when there are numerous other diseases, like cancer,
- |> that are NOT preventable! As for finding a cure, it is necessary because
- |> of the diseases infiltration into the hetero-sexual community, and thus
- |> the innocent victims.
-
- I sure want my tax dollars spent on program to stop the spread of HIV
- infection and to find a cure for AIDS. I want my tax dollars spent on finding
- a cure for cancer, breast cancer (now neglected because it is a woman's
- desease), lung cancer (although it could in many cases have been prevented
- by not smoking), MS, and so many other deseases. The funds needed to
- work on one desease do not have to be taken from another. They can be
- taken from the enourmous waste we now have in an inefficient health
- care system (See last issue of Consumer Reports). They sure can be taken
- from the bloated defense budget. I would much rather see my money go
- into medical research and treatment, into education to prevent deseases,
- to protect us all, including Mr. Noyes, than on weapons that we don't
- need and whose sole purpose is killing people.
-
- Rene J. Valdes rjv@a2.cim.cdc.com
-