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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
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- Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.214434.9363@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 21:44:34 GMT
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- In article <mccalley.715971339@lead16> mccalley@rtsg.mot.com (Phil McCalley) writes:
- >philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >> You apparently have no idea how different. The majority of
- >>pedophiles identify as heterosexual. The majority of homosexuals are
- >>not pedophiles.
- >
- >You apparently have a REAL good idea of all the little nuances of
- >deviate sexual behavior. Please tell me, how did you get so informed!
- Mr. McCalley, this is a classic example of argumentum ad hominem.
- It seems that you are unable to reply to Mr. Lafornara's argument and
- therefore are reduced to insulting him. Low. Very low.
-
- >>>And maybe AIDS can strike anyone, but it mainly strikes homosexuals.
- >
- >> Incorrect. Do some research.
- >
- >Everything that I have seen points in this direction. I will admit,
- >since I do not feel as threatened, I have probably not paid as much
- >attention to it as you have. What I have learned is that you catch
- >it by getting fluid in fluid, and there is a very short time the
- >virous can live in the open air. Using deduction, being the recipient
- >of fluid carrying the virous is the most likely way to get it. Hmmm,
- >lets see... When would someone receive fluid? There are a limited
- >number of ways this can happen. And, while it is not impossible for
- >a male to catch AIDS from an infected female, it is cetainly less likely
- >than the reverse, or male to male for that matter. This makes male-male
- >encounters a better vehicle for transmission. I can think of one other
- >method of transferral, and that is intravenous needle reusage. Since
- >you seem to be very educated on this subject, perhaps you could enlighten
- >the net on some of the other ways that tip the scale in the direction you
- >are indicating?
- I believe he is referring to the fact that most AIDS cases are in
- Africa and are alleged[I don't know, frankly] to have been heterosexually
- transmitted.
-
- Naturally, this argument is of questionable relevance in this country
- where the numbers are quite different.
-
- -Ekr
-
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- Former chemist now CM400 mechanic ekr@eitech.com(preferred)
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