Except for our twice annual visit to the States to visit my family, We do plan on making Iceland our home for the forseeable future. But I am...
I agree with that.
How do you figure? I can, and do, give blood all I want. I live in a country with a consistent, reasonable screening process for donating blood. I am...
If their policy was consistent, ALL black people would be banned from donating, as half the HIV cases are black people. If it wasn't political,...
You would also have to take out the drug users, and those who have unprotected sex with black women. In any case, using your logic, all black people...
It doesn't say anywhere in the list of exclusions that all black people are excluded, even though black people make up nearly HALF the HIV/AIDS cases...
And growing..catching up. In Africa, I believe women nearly DOUBLE menin percentage of cases. And again, overall, black people in America make up for...
How do you know, since they don't exclude them?
That leaves almost 10,000 people who got it through intravenous drug use. And since half the cases of HIV were black people, we should just exclude...
Imagine how much more blood-screening they could afford if they didn't take blood from that high risk group, African Americans!
Thanks for the friendly advice! I just may do one, or several of those things! In the meantime, I'm going to participate in an bbs discussion and...
Not really. Black women make up only 13% of the population, yet make up 64% of the HIV cases in women. I never made the arguement that it is a...
I'm discussing the specific policies of the American Red Cross, and pointing out that they are inconsistent and imprecise.
That, and engaging in unprotected, unsafe sex should be the only reasons for exclusion from blood donation. Those who do NOT engage in either of...
I agree. That is why they should exclude those who have engages in unsafe, unprotected sex or intravenous drug use even once.
And check out the stats on African Americans and other STD's like Hepatitis: African Americans Disproportionately Affected by STDs Again, a common...
And Half the AIDS cases are BLACK PEOPLE. If it makes sense to ban gay people, it makes sense to ban black people as well.
If it was "playing the odds", then black people would be excluded as well. If you want to ignore this reality, that makes you a "pathetic bastard."...
And black people, according to your logic, as they make up HALF the cases.
Do not give blood if: "You are a man and have had sex with another man, even once" This is bigoted. It is the same as saying "Do not give blood if...
But Black women are NOT excluded from donating blood, even though they are in a "high risk" group. Neither are black men, who are ALSO a "high risk...
The decision to exclude gay people is a political one, not a medical one. Otherwise, African-American women would be prevented in donating blood as...
I personally, never claimed it was. I just said it would be a better, more sensible policy to screen applicants according to their behavior. It is...
I am not refuting anything you say here. It is true that the HIV rate among the demographic of gay men is on the rise, and I think that is horrific....
Okay, I can respect that point of view. But I think a far more sensible system would be to screen people for high-risk behavior, rather than high...
That's illogical. If the whole point is to screen out a "health risk" it doesn't matter if black women surpass gay men as a statistical group. It...
A sound policy would be to screen people based on sexual activity..how much, and what kind..rather than the orientation of the person. Untrue. More...
But you have been to Iraq. There is no assumption of behavior. But the prohibition against gay people does make an assumption. I have never been to a...
Black women in the United States have the fastest growing rate of new HIV infections of any group in America. As a group, they may soon pass gay men....
All in the Family was definitely one of the best. One of the smartest, and EXTREMELY funny. But the funniest? Highly subjective, but there are...
Um, no. Jesus called Antipas "that fox" refering to his cleverness. Jesus would never use hateful language like you do. Aren't you supposed to aspire...
Yes, being an asshole is an abomination. So why do you persist in being one, and using derogatory terms like "faggot". Jesus wouldn't.
As likely as him turning you away from assholey-ness.
I'll be like Jesus, and turn the other cheek, my friend.
That's why I put the word in quotations!
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