I wanted HIV says star

The Sun ^ | 24/01/05 | unattributed

[msnimje]

And I thought starting to smoke to be "Cool" was stupid.

[AntiGuv]

Who the heck is that?? The one on the left below is Andy Bell of Erasure.

[DB]

Just goes to show you that you don't have to be bright or sane to be a successful musician...

[Mo1]

Sorry for the mix up

But the guy who tried and succeeded in getting HIV is a fool

[AntiGuv]

Couple more Andy Bell (of Erasure) pics. BTW, I am not any kind of Erasure fan; I just know what they look like. He's on the right with the overalls in the second pic. That picture is also from when the group first started up -- while the first picture is much more recent.

[Route101]

Goodluck buttwheat......

[johniegrad]

“But I’m a fighter. They will have to take me from this world kicking and screaming.”

I really don't know who this character is but I was struck by these statements. Notice how he suggests "they" will "have to take me" and how he is a "fighter". Everything is referred to as external to him cancelling out the element of personal responsibility in this situation. HIV has "happened" to him, an ugly scheme hatched out by evil people to be inflicted on poor, passive victims like homosexuals. BARF.

[tkathy]

I wonder how many young guys he infected and doomed to death?

[ViLaLuz]

ping

[Siamese Princess]

Never heard of him. AIDS will eat away at the potbelly of his, even nothing else will. Thuggish-looking.

[spodefly]

Mental illness.

[samtheman]

Sounds like he's just trying to Keep on the Sunny Side.

[Siamese Princess]

I wonder how many young guys he infected and doomed to death?

I was thinking the same thing. The problem with the HIV-maintenance drugs is that they will delay his inevitable demise, and he will look apparently healthy for a longer period of time, but, in the meantime, he's probably still doing what got him sick in the first place and thus spreading it to others. That's why there's no way to get a handle on HIV -- either leave them to their fate and they'll look sicker and die quicker (which is not going to happen) or find a cure.

It seems that homosexuals are the most disease-ridden creatures on the planet, If it isn't AIDS, it's another venereal disease such gonorrhea or syphilis. It it isn't VD, it's another lifestyle-related disease such as colon cancer. If it isn't that, homsexuals are noted for their heavy drinking drug usage, smoking and, on top of that, suicide. It's not surprising that their life-expectency is a mere 42 years in this country, lower than a baby born in Afghanistan.

[Oldexpat]

Double Darwin..
You go and take some companions with you..

[marvlus]

Tell me this is either the Onion or Scrappleface!

[cajungirl]

well he is a fool but heterosexuals are fools to at times. I don't think homosexuality is an illness.

[M-cubed]

“But I’m a fighter. They will have to take me from this world kicking and screaming.” <<<Sorry pal!... you're going out like everyone else....a whimper and one last deep rattling breath...You'll get to question your I WANT.. I WANT ..elitist liberal attitude one last time...Wonder if you'll be intellectually honest then???

[Bon mots]

They will have to take me from this world kicking and screaming.”

Doesn't he mean "scratching, pulling hair and shrieking"?

[Nataku X]

if it's like any other perversions, for every 1 person who acts on it there will be 25 who "merely" fantasize about it.

[fortunecookie]

Announcing he was HIV positive, Bell said: “My life expectancy should be the same as anyone else, so there is no need to panic.”

Riiiight. And with his 'status', he will have easy access to the best, most up to the date treatments and most expensive medicines driving up health costs for the rest of us who don't infect ourselves, if we're even lucky enough to have insurance for our regular needs. Gee, what a hero he is.