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| 2003-05-21 | ||
| Moved to Fifth Column and edited, otherwise it'd be way off-topic... Citing a federal guideline meant to prevent the blood supply from being tainted with HIV, students at Southern Oregon University have canceled a planned blood drive, saying the regulation discriminates against homosexuals, reports the Associated Press. "From my understanding, it's a rule (the federal government) made up in the 1980s, and people are not up to date," David Adkins-Brown, SOU multicultural senator, told AP. Multicultural Senator? Put that on your resume. Even though homosexual men account for 42 percent of HIV-AIDS sufferers, Adkins-Brown claims it is wrong to label it a homosexual disease. Anyone want to hire this genius? "I know I've been yelling about it for years," said Daniel Conner, a senior, according to the AP report. "I'm a gay man, and I don't like being forced to lie to help people." I hope you don’t need blood for an operation from this guy
I pick a safe blood supply over hurt feeling The student leader who made the decision to cancel the blood drive says she "made the right decision." So what they are basically saying is we should all be put at risk to protect the feelings of people engaged in a high-risk lifstyle? I would rather not play russian roulette with the blood supply. Why not allow them to donate blood and those people who want, can ask for the Gay blood? I am sure that everyone at SOU would choose that supply. In nature they would call this Natural Selection.
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| Posted by:Cyber Sarge |
| #10 If A=B and C=A, does B=C? If you are a conservative, the answer is logically "yes". For many a liberal, the answer is "yes" because all things in the universe can eventually be brought back to the single premise that EVERYTHING is George Bush's fault. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-05-21 23:26:02 |
| #9 Becky: Don't ever expect anyone with a title of Multicultural Senator to understand concepts like correlation, contribution analysis, and risk. He probably genuinely believes that the statistics support his argument. His mathematical/logical understanding is probably limited to a few concepts like "plus," "minus," "greater than," and "lesser than." He will probably know the multiplication tables by rote, but not really understand multiplication itself. If you think I'm joking, look at the political debate over entitlements over the past two decades in which the Democrats keep accusing conservatives of cutting entitlements when in fact the conservatives are proposing to only cut the rate of growth of those entitlements. I've grown to believe that the liberals aren't lying. They simply don't understand concepts like geometric growth and compounding and are forced by this mental deficit to relate everything back to addition. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-05-21 19:09:27 |
| #8 Somebody ought to teach this kid the meaning of public relations. The take-away I got from this is that gay men account for 42% of AIDS sufferers in this country. WOW! Considering they make up only 10-?% of the population (can't include lesbians in that percentage) that number is shockingly high. Seems like drug addicts and prostitutes would make up well over 50% of the remaining HIV sufferers and I'm guessing that the total number of prostitutes AND drug addicts nationwide is bigger than the total number of gay men. So using his logic, we should also encourage these groups to give blood as well. The kid is just running around educating the public about a very bleak statistic that paints his community a negative light. But, hey, it puts him in the limelight, so what does he care? |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-05-21 18:42:22 |
| #7 I am not yet convinced that straight or gay sex is the cause of high African AIDS rates. Some studies blame village "doctors" who go around giving vitamin, antibiotic, and herb extract injections, often reusing needles. We have similar problems in the Latino communities here in the US, but without the AIDS. Another potential cause is prostitutes, who because they have open vaginal sores or are using anal sex as a form of birth control, are much more susceptible to AIDS than women in other populations. This may be a rare example of synergy (a word so misused that it is now almost meaningless), whereby any one of the above factors wouldn't be enough to cause an epidemic, but when all factors taken together (lack of circumcision, dry sex, dirty needles, prostitution) cause the infection rate to skyrocket. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2003-05-21 16:00:01 |
| #6 "It's not our dance, ok?" -- Sam Kinnison |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-21 15:46:49 |
| #5 My understanding is that the lack of male circumcision also plays a role. Uncircumsized males have a dramatically higher infection rate than circumsized. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-05-21 15:14:50 |
| #4 In southern Africa, AIDS is largely a heterosexual disease. Why? Largely because of a widespread preference for "dry sex." Desiccating herbs are first inserted into the vagina, causing a fit so snug that tears result and blood is exchanged. Isn't cultural diversity fun? |
| Posted by: closet neo-con 2003-05-21 14:39:55 |
| #3 Sorry Lucky, but your statement that "HIV is not just a Male Homo disease. It's hitting everbody" just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. In North America, a significant majority of new cases CONTINUE to be from homosexual males and IV drug users. Further, lesbian women have one of the LOWEST infection rates. There is simply no way around these facts, no matter how politically incorrect it may be to point them out. |
| Posted by: Flaming Sword 2003-05-21 11:44:08 |
| #2 Hey, we're all gay men. HIV is not just a Male Homo disease. It's hitting everbody. What about that little kid (whats his name?) that got the ball rolling years ago. Got the HIV through a blood tranfusion . The blood came from a (pick one) Catholic Nun or druggy doing tricks for cash with happy homosexual male. Hey kids at SO OR question your Multicultural Senators, it's your right |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-05-21 11:27:47 |
| #1 "I'm a gay man, and I don't like being forced to lie to help people." Wow. These idiots are more than willing to put others at greater risk just so they can help. No thanks buddy, people don't need your kind of "help". |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-21 11:26:01 |