Posted on 06/27/2004 5:40:58 AM PDT by madprof98
What is this? How did he get AIDS? What's the message here?
You nailed it correctly. Our society satisfying sexual desire as the top priority in our society. I was listening to one the other day and thought gee what it must be like to be a kid in these days
Well, guess I am twisted, because I liked the story. He found love just as he was about to die. Bittersweet. Thats all I take from it.
"A hemophiliac infected as a child,"
I'm with you on this one Paradox. That story has me all teary-eyed now.
Teenagers are obsessed with sex. . .anyone who thinks otherwise needs to remember what it feels like to have those hormones rushing around . . . the article says NOTHING about he himself raising the issue, but rather other people. I don't blame him at all for wanting the touch of a woman.
Hugs, kisses and intimacy are a part of life. And wow, do I feel sorry for anyone who can't see that.
"Hugs, kisses and intimacy are a part of life. And wow, do I feel sorry for anyone who can't see that."
I echo your sentiments and those of Paradox.
While the article did say blood transfusion, the line about the canary yellow Neon does plant the seed of doubt that he got it the traditional way (Anal Induced Death Sentence).
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Are you serious? You got that from this line? Why? The canary yellow part?
I read about a young man who, when he discovered he had the HIV virus, immediately went out and began trying to infect as many women as possible. Not for revenge because he got it from a woman-it was from IV drug usafe-but solely because he wanted to make as many people suffer as he would have to . And he was black, and all the women he at least tried to infect were white, so there wasthe element of racial hatred. This was in the very late 1980s or very early 1990s-say, 1988-1992. Quite a contrast with this young man. And the story made me teary eyed, too.
Did you read the article? He is a hemophiliac - he got it through a blood transfusion for that disease....
I agree. It was a sad story. It shows the other side of the sexual revolution. The guy lived practically his whole life in fear, rejection and isolation because he got a tainted blood transfusion. Meanwhile, gay activists demand the "right" to donate AIDS-infected blood and the political correctness fanatics agree that out of "fairness" the AIDS death sentence should be distributed evenly throughout society. But there are fanatics on the right who are upset that the guy in his mid-twenties finally had a girlfriend, just like frumpy lesbian activists on the left surely read the story and also were outraged that a man and a woman enjoyed each other's company. If I were the girl's father, I would not be pleased with the situation. But I think I have sympathy for the young couple (no doubt I must be possessed by satan to have such a sympathy).
What a bunch of curmudgeon posters! This story isn’t about sex, aids or even hemophilia, but it is about the human spirit’s ability to survive against all odds.
This young man was dealt a genetic death sentence at the moment of conception and then was delivered another death sentence because the people who loved him were trying to prolong his life. The article pointed out a responsible and intelligent young man who saw his life from the half full side of the glass.
Think about this: We bump ourselves against a hard object and get a bruise that is nothing more than a nuisance and an ugly discoloration for a few days, but for a hemophiliac that same bump may cause a bleed out that could result in a hospital stay getting multiple blood transfusions or a trip to the morgue.
The fact that sex seems to be the basis of the story says more about the reporter's immaturity than the young man who was mature enough to understand his genetic disorder and his contagious disease and live his life with dignity.
I liked the story!
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(Ignore the trigger-happy freepers who are saying this guy was gay because he drove a canary-yellow neon and such nonsense. Some people are just jerks).
good story
Bingo!
AIDS is spread by behavior. In this case, someone else's misbehavior condemned this young man to an early death.
This young man needs to be introduced to young women with the same problem; innocent victims of the behavior of others.
How sad that you see this story this way. My mother contracted Hepatitis C via a blood transfusion during surgery for stomach cancer in 1970, long before Hepatitis C was even recognized. She was diagnosed with the disease 15 years later. Just like this kid, she did nothing that reflected on her morality that caused her to contract this disease.
This is the very touching story of a kid that only wanted a normal life and a complete life. Morality has nothing to do with this story. And no where in this story is there any inkling of an attempt to say immorality is ok. I looked between the lines and didn't see anything there either.
This is a very touching story. Kids like him didn't ask for what they have, nor did they get it because of irresponsible behavior. This kid didn't deserve what he had and it sounds like his passing was a great loss for a great many people.
How tragic.
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