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- From: black@sybase.com (Chris Black)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Year of the Queer
- Message-ID: <28228@sybase.sybase.com>
- Date: 19 Jan 93 19:38:49 GMT
- References: <1993Jan5.220048.18626@PacBell.COM> <1imufmINNqrp@plts.uucp> <KMEYER.93Jan11140516@solarium.aero.org> <C0sqoK.H93@queernet.org> <18370@autodesk.COM> <KMEYER.93Jan14132023@solarium.aero.org> <GORDON.93Jan14193735@lugh.think.com> <KMEYER.93Jan15124914@solar
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- In article <KMEYER.93Jan15124914@solarium.aero.org> kmeyer@aero.org (Kraig R. Meyer) writes:
-
- >The area that the parade takes place in (in Los Angeles, Long Beach,
- >etc) is an open area for which there is no admission fee. The festival
- >costs $10, and anyone who can't afford admission because of low income
- >or unemployment can volunteer for 4 hours and get free admission.
- >PWAs, whether they are disabled or not, also get free admission (at
- ^^^^
- >least to the LA festival).
-
- I don't want to sound unsympathetic to people with AIDS, or the
- community's battle against AIDS, because I'm not, but . . .
-
- I've started to be bothered by this kind of policy in the community.
- Why not have such a policy for *all* people who are disabled or have
- serious illnesses? If people with AIDS need these benefits, don't other
- people need them as well?
-
- It reminds me of what happens after natural disasters -- there are all
- sorts of special resources to people left homeless becuase of that
- specific disaster which are not available to haomeless people generally.
- There's always sort of a mean feeling to that.
-
- -- Chris
- black@sybase.com
-