Posted on 02/25/2005 10:49:36 PM PST by neverdem
"Bug chasers" deliberately try to get infected with AIDS. Supposedly they do it for thrills and for the hope of becoming part of the brotherhood of the infected. Weird."If there is no God, then everything is permitted." --- Dostoyevsky
Hunting of "bush meat" has been suggested as a zoonotic vector for a number of diseases.
It might be worth noting chimpanzees also hunt "bush meat";ie:human infants,and various monkey species.This is almost an ideal situation for cross-species viral mutation,IMHO.
Did somebody mention the Lord and Master?
Deep in the bowels of the Alternate Lifestyle-Barbarian Complex!
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