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Post #45,748 by tuberculosis 7/16/02 9:03:11 AM Reply	Not in this context Muppets generally model pre-teen children. HIV can be contracted sexually - yes. How many HIV+ pre-teen children have contracted it that way though? Study schmudy. Your studies you two are quoting are studies about adults. Go get me a study with a sample group closely matching the Sesame Street demographic and come back here and tell me its still all about sex. Applying moral stigma to a non-sexually-transmitted-disease victim is clear and present ignorance. But apparently common. The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week. The average farmer works 40 hours a week. The average programmer works 60 hours a week. What the hell are we thinking?
Post #45,752 by Yendor 7/16/02 9:16:28 AM Reply	Removing context... Muppets generally model pre-teen children. Agreed. HIV can be contracted sexually - yes. Also agreed. How many HIV+ pre-teen children have contracted it that way though? Study schmudy. Your studies you two are quoting are studies about adults. Go get me a study with a sample group closely matching the Sesame Street demographic and come back here and tell me its still all about sex. Where, oh where, did I quote any form of "study"? Applying moral stigma to a non-sexually-transmitted-disease victim is clear and present ignorance. But apparently common. Ignorance. Of all the people to call ignorant on the topic of AIDS, you choose me. Right. The guy who's ridden his bike (currently) over 2,800 miles in the last year and 3 months to battle the disease about which we speak. And the one who volunteers at a local AIDS charity. Uh huh. Ignorant. I also rather clearly removed the entire concept of "context" from my reply to your message. Yes, you included it in your post, but the fact remains that your chosen title (HIV's got nothing to do with sex.) is a blatantly incorrect statement when taken out of context. And the fact also is that most people will see the title, taken out of context of your reply, before they read or see your reply. -YendorMike What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about? - Jimmy Buffett, June 20, 2002, Tinley Park
Post #45,765 by tuberculosis 7/16/02 10:58:35 AM Reply	Sorry, it was the other response. RE: Study - sorry - that was the sibling message that mentioned a recent study. Ignorance was also not directed at you specifically - but rather the general objecting populace at large - sorry man. Of course, if HIV is primarily an STD and you're riding cycles with seatage of modern design, I suspect you get safer and safer every mile. (Honest I'm not getting back on one of those things until they bring back the banana seat). The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week. The average farmer works 40 hours a week. The average programmer works 60 hours a week. What the hell are we thinking?

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