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Young gays at highest risk for AIDS/HIV
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Butterbean
Banned
People at war with reality and in denial always try to see something wrong with the people who can see something wrong with them. Men having sex with each others rear ends is guaranteed to produce disease and illness. That's not an opinion but a wel estalished fact and a reason homosexuals are not allowed (by FDA) to donate blood. Cannibals could see people who saw canibalism was weird as bigots but of course that would not be the case - not is it the case with anyone who sees sodomy for what it is (yuch).
Butterbean
Banned
Oh they could stop having sex with strangers in parks and bathrooms. Homosexuals only want marriage in order to remove the obvious contrast with their unnatural practices. Once they could get married they wouldn't do it. European nations have already shown that. Homosexuality is very compuslive and even if homosexual marriage was normal it wouldn't change anything. It amazing that in this day and age people could be trying to equate the man and woman relationaship with homosexual husband and husband "marriage". This is social decay plain and simple.
I'm sorry, but every time you open your mouth and talk about gay people, I can't help but be reminded of Tom Cruise trying to talk about psychology. You are obviously a few beers short of a six pack, but you try to make up for being wrong by being loud and obnoxious. It doesn't work that way, loud and wrong is still wrong. Obnoxious and wrong is still wrong. Bigoted and wrong is...wait for it...still wrong.
In fact, there is no additional trait you can pick up that makes being wrong any closer to being right, except maybe (ironically, given the topic) pulling your head out of your ass and getting your information from, you know, people who know what they are talking about. I personally suggest talking to actual gay people, but I know you're probably worried about catching gay from them.
And I know, it's an old stereotype...but honestly, could you sound like a little more of a closet case? People who link "societal decay" with non-standard behavior are usually more than a little messed up themselves. Often they have a desire to engage in the same actions they condemn, the total overreaction to "unnatural practices" is to convince themselves to fight their urges. At the very least, moral crusader types often exhibit some of the WORST moral behavior because they are so busy trying to fix everyone else that they don't bother to look in the mirror.
Now I'm not saying this HAS to be true, but you seem like a pretty big tool judging from your posts here. You want to pass judgement on the behavior of gay people? It would be more compelling if you seemed like the kind of person who's view of appropriate social behavior was even remotely admirable.
Actually, the FDA is reconsidering the ban on homosexual men giving blood because as it turns out the rule is based more on old stereotypes and fears than facts, "well-established" or otherwise. The Red Cross has long been opposed to the ban for factual reasons as well. Of course certain behaviors are riskier than others, but it turns out that bigoted assumptions aside, just banning gay men from donating doesn't really help all that much. After all, only about 10% of the population (and that's probably an overestimation) is gay...I bet at LEAST another 10% of the population engages in much riskier sexual behavior than gay sex.
Triumph
Lifer
For those in Africa or Southeast Asia, where the AIDS epidemic tends to affect mostly the poor and uneducated, you can't necessarily blame them for not knowing what they don't know. But in modern day America, there is very little excuse for contracting AIDS. I don't think it's any different than a person who chooses to ride a motorcycle without a helmet (no pun intended). With the amount of education out there, advertising campaigns, free condoms, free testing, etc. there is very little excuse for someone who chooses to engage in risky behaviour.
Although I agree that it likely has something to do with a generational gap. Young people reaching sexual maturity right now were not even born when the first AIDS wave hit in the early 80's. In the mid 90's when I was in high school, there was plenty of education about the risks, but this new generation was still playing with legos and barbies. Young people likely know the risk, but it just isn't in the forefront of their thoughts these days. That isn't an excuse, however.
Although I agree that it likely has something to do with a generational gap. Young people reaching sexual maturity right now were not even born when the first AIDS wave hit in the early 80's. In the mid 90's when I was in high school, there was plenty of education about the risks, but this new generation was still playing with legos and barbies. Young people likely know the risk, but it just isn't in the forefront of their thoughts these days. That isn't an excuse, however.
Whoozyerdaddy
Lifer
This was news about 30 years ago.
AIDS is basically a disease of behavior. If you share needles and have unprotected sex you're a lot more likely to get it (regardless of sexual orientation) than if you're little Suzie Soccermom playing golf on the weekend with your husband of 20 years. It's not rocket science. We know how HIV is transmitted.
And really, it's not that Gay Men as a group are more succeptable to HIV infections than anyone else. That's kind of a misleading headline. It's just that as a group they tend to have a lot more unprotected sex and more partners. I'd be interested to see the rates of other STDs in that demographic as well. My guess is that you'll see higher rates of Hep, Herp, HPV and other STDs as well.
AIDS is basically a disease of behavior. If you share needles and have unprotected sex you're a lot more likely to get it (regardless of sexual orientation) than if you're little Suzie Soccermom playing golf on the weekend with your husband of 20 years. It's not rocket science. We know how HIV is transmitted.
And really, it's not that Gay Men as a group are more succeptable to HIV infections than anyone else. That's kind of a misleading headline. It's just that as a group they tend to have a lot more unprotected sex and more partners. I'd be interested to see the rates of other STDs in that demographic as well. My guess is that you'll see higher rates of Hep, Herp, HPV and other STDs as well.
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