*****The notion that anybody would want to knowingly donate blood for transfusion that may be tainted is such a ridiculous notion one would have to be an intellectual to believe it.*******
There are several cases on record where men and women who have contracted AIDS have been known to go out and practice unsafe sex as payback for their own having contracted it.
Many people with Aids have sex without informing their partner . Is there a difference between this and giving blood?
I would say these people would knowingly and gladly give blood for the same reason.
I am happy your friends wouldnt , but there are some strange people out there.
I think the difference between someone who intentionally transmits AIDS through unprotected sex and someone tho donates infected blood is the difference between the person who kills his lover and the Texas University Tower sniper. Sure there are people who kill indiscriminately, but they are rare. It is far more common for people to kill those they know. And it is the extremely rare individual who wants to kill completely randomly and anonymously, without really knowing if he kills or not. I am sure such people exist, but there can not many of them.
Lots of people who are having promiscuous sex have self-hate issues. These people can be dangerous to themselves and those around them. But nobody really gets off on blood donations, at least not in my experience.
"Many people with Aids have sex without informing their partner . Is there a difference between this and giving blood? "
Actually, there is a difference. Going out and having unprotected sex with an uninformed party while you are HIV infected is premeditated murder at most, attempted murder at least.
Knowingly giving infected blood would probably be first degree manslaughter at most, reckless endangerment in the least.
It's a free country. If homosexuals want to start up their own blood bank, I say more power to them. It'll be a waste of time and medical devices, but I say have a nice time.
"There are several cases on record where men and women who have contracted AIDS have been known to go out and practice unsafe sex as payback for their own having contracted it."
I've also heard such stories. And these people actually want me to feel SORRY for them? This is beyond selfish -- it is criminal. Of course,I bet these college students see them as victims.
Frankly, I wouldn't want these students giving blood, either. Maybe idiocy can be passed on through a transfusion.