Kansas GOP to legalize quarantine of HIV patients

[sixone]

Why have the law allow for it? If there was a law that said you personally could be arrested with no reason other than you being you, but everyone assured you they'd never use it. How comfortable would you feel?

There ARE such laws, that create just that risk for a lot more people than are afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Where are the threads about those?

 

[nehalem256]

Show me where in the proposed legislation it talks about AIDS? It doesn't because the legislation does not mention AIDS.

Look, the reality is a police officer can do anything he wants, arrest anyone he wants, harass anyone he wants, shoot anyone he wants, for any reason he chooses. I think you'd be surprised how broad many state laws are in the name of safety. But it is then up to a judge to determine if the police officer's actions were right or not. I am confident enough to guarantee there is no judge in the state of Kansas who will interpret this legislation as legally allowing the arbitrary harassment or quarantining of people with AIDS.

Here in Chicago it seems like every month someone new is awarded a multimillion dollar settlement over wrongful police harassment - that's the incentive for officers to do what is right, when they do wrong it hurts everyone's pocket-books immensely.

What are we arguing? I still haven't figured it out other than an advocacy group making noise and liberal activist groups running with the story for unrelated political reasons. Were you not outraged that people with syphilis could be harassed by this law? Why do you believe people with AIDS are better than people with syphilis? Why are you not outraged the Democrats did not propose an amendment exempting syphilis?

Because AIDS = Gay. Despite all the protestations otherwise a gay man is something like 100x more likely to contract HIV. And homosexuals are a group deserving of special treatment whereas those with syphilis are not.

 

[sixone]

Because AIDS = Gay. Despite all the protestations otherwise a gay man is something like 100x more likely to contract HIV. And homosexuals are a group deserving of special treatment whereas those with syphilis are not.

"Special treatment"? On what basis?

 

[cubby1223]

Because AIDS = Gay. Despite all the protestations otherwise a gay man is something like 100x more likely to contract HIV. And homosexuals are a group deserving of special treatment whereas those with syphilis are not.

People of this country and in law enforcement have done some absolutely horrible things to gay people and they absolutely need special protections written in laws to level things out. But, I just don't see this as being one of those situations.