I’ve heard several people say it just the way she wrote, despite having a grounding in the science of it. In each case the person was rather upset at a comment or discussion. Maybe like this one...
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Sounds about right - for the general public, anything that required a condom was just plain dirty and unacceptable.
I think they may have at some point; by then, I was too angry at those who would make jokes to listen much.
I highly doubt MichellePar needs the clarification; as such, a little more tact would seem appropriate.
Right. My partner died of an illness that passed the brain barrier in 1993, just like his obituary said.
I wasn’t forgetting - they just weren’t part of the jokes that went around. At the time, they were marginalized even further from public consciousness. It was all about being a member of the four H club.
And you’ve just reminded me of how lucky I am. Out at 17, but an orphan so my influences became the gay people around me. Didn’t necessarily do tons for my self-esteem, but it certainly helped me understand illness, learn to care for those around me, and to appreciate how they cared for me.
I said what I meant. Science always advances its understanding of the world and its processes.
I’ll judge Reagan with you.
I came out during those times, and the disappointment my older friends felt in the government of the time (and this in BC - a province that responded relatively well to the epidemic, relatively being a wholly relative term) was pervasive. It coloured who you were, how and who you trusted, and how you felt about…
Yes, it’s stupid on the surface. Good thing you can look past that and go deeper into the motivations of the people actually affected by HIV in their daily lives.
In the early 80’s it was just “sex” - “safe sex” had yet to be coined as a term for protection from illness and condoms were more used to prevent pregnancy than std’s.
And your pedantic comment is appropriate how, in this context?
I do hope your teacher was in a discipline unrelated to science. Such a closed mind should never influence others.
Oh, let’s not. The man presided over a massacre.
And he believed her, because your Gran is supposed to be someone who loves you, who you can trust to take care of you.
I’ve lost just one partner to HIV and remain best friends with an ex who’s HIV+. I’ve friends who’ve been poz for more than twenty-five years, some of whom have personal phone books they still can’t bring themselves to destroy.
With “hope this helps” as your parting comment, I concluded that you assumed I was indeed equating the two individuals - something that has never happened.
There’s ingenious, then there’s insane.