does anyone really deserve to die? from AIDS? Do all AIDS patients deserve to die? Because they must either be gay or sexually promiscuous?
i cannot type well, with my head just fuming with anger towards all the ignorant people out there. how about the 1.4 million of children living with AIDS right now? the girls forced into prostitution? blood transfusion accidents? spouses infected by unfaithful partners? all guilty as charged?
people tend to associate AIDS with the gay community because the first known victims were gay, and the disease spreaded quickly through the community during the 1980s. but this is not the point at all - whether being gay makes them punishable - fact is that AIDS is disease that kills mercilessly and we need to help the people who need help.
it's like asking, you see a guy trapped in a wrecked car, he appears to be seriously hurt, but you also saw the same car just minutes ago and you thought the driver must be either drunk or crazy. do you try to save him? at least call 911? or do you drive away, thinking "he deserved it anyway. thank god he's not killed anyone else but himself."
AIDS is not a disease sent by god to punish the evil mortals. please.
i cannot forget the smiling face i saw 2 year ago in minneapolis. he was sitting by his desk, quietly doing some kind of sewing. my friends and i casually asked, "hey what's that? taking a break eh?" he looked up, radiantly smiling and so handsome, practically glowing under the morning sunlight. he replied, "oh no. see, my medication stiffens my fingers, sewing slow downs the process a lot, so i can keep being active. and. i don't want my family to have to worry about doing a quilt for me when i die." [for the AIDS Memorial Quilt.] my heart broke. i turned. and my tears fell.
how can anyone not feel anything? only if they don't know. it's world aids day today. if you think you know enough about AIDS, think again. open your eyes.
some of my personal favorites:
children with AIDS project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Medscape
HIV InSite
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