[Veto!]

It was like they didn't belong anywhere, and getting sick would bring them into a community or something. They would get some attention and be cared about.

Don't get too sentimental about them. They get very generous disability pay from the state if they are too ill to work, subsidies for apartments, free drugs and medical care. Lots of gay doctors in a place like San Francisco will certify anyone who's HIV positive as too sick to work.

Also, many gays abhor the idea of getting old. It's ALL about looks to them, you know. Once a gray hair or wrinkle appears, the "fems" go into emotional tailspins. Why live?

[JudyinCanada]

Yeah, I know it's all about youth with them.

Thus NAMBLA...the inevitable outcome of a "younger is better" mentality.

Where does all of this money come from for those in SanFran who are collecting? Is this money federal?