"In both cases (smoking and unprotected homosexual intercourse) you have
an activity that has been voluntarially undertaken by the participants
that has a known possible side effect of infecting the participant(s)
with a potentially life-threatening disease"
Unprotected homosexual intercourse? Irrelevant. AIDS knows no sexual
orientation. Every time you have sex ("protected" or not), you're at
risk... to isolate a group is ignorant.
"...gays who are partner hopping willy-nilly with no care for
protection?"
Irrelevant, again. How about all the guys and gals you know who go out
on a Friday night eager to score? Are these people asking for blood
tests before jumping in the sack?
"...why are people who practice "alternative" lifestyles (that run the
potential of killing them) openly embraced and accepted by our social
and educational systems..."
Why? Because it's 2003, and whether you're gay or not is irrelevant.
~bgl
--> While I do not agree with Mr. Thacker's position in practice or
concept,
--> I do not see any difference between his statements and those of the
--> Anti-Smoking crowd. In both cases (smoking and unprotected
homosexual
--> intercourse) you have an activity that has been voluntarially
undertaken
--> by the participants that has a known possible side effect of
infecting
--> the participant(s) with a potentially life-threatening disease.
-->
--> Why, then is it pubically and socially acceptable to bash the crap
out
--> of smokers but not voice an opinion when it comes to gays who are
--> partner hopping willy-nilly with no care for protection?
-->
--> Alternately, why are people who practice "alternative" lifestyles
(that
--> run the potential of killing them) openly embraced and accepted by
our
--> social and educational systems and people who help support public
--> programs and government funding (by paying additional taxes for a
--> product they choose to purchase and use) berated and badgered?
-->
--> Hatton
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