[Behind Liberal Lines]

Yeah, because being black and having a communicable disease are exactly the same thing. /sarcasm

[Cornpone]

I can't stand it anymore. I have to come out of the closet and confess to the world. I suffer from HIV. I Hate Islamic Violence.

[newzjunkey]

There should be a certain stigma attached to HIV+ status. It's a death sentence even twenty-plus years after its discovery. Stigmas can help contain and change behaviors which spread the virus. It doesn't mean you need to go murder gays or HIV+ persons but that HIV should *NOT* be seen as blase as missing an arm or leg or breast or testicle or having asthma.

[Winniesboy]

Since a lot of Freepers won't know anything about Chris Smith, thought I ought to say that he was an excellent Culture Secretary - probably the best we've had, provided you accept the need for such a post - and is also a very nice guy (pretty rare for a senior politician). And to top it all, he's a Munro-bagger.