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On 21 Jul 1994 10:45:35 -0700, emmayche@apple.com (Mark Hartman) said:

> helenn@hprpcd.rose.hp.com (Helen Nusbaum) writes:
>> Wilson's veto will do more than send a message, it will cost people
>> their lives.

> Really?  There was a provision in the bill that the State would kill
> people if the Governor failed to sign the bill?

...

> Sure he does, just as the rest of us do.  The people who will suffer the
> consequences of their actions (instead of being protected from that at
> the expense of their betters) are drug users.  Nobody else - just drug
> users.  These are people who are doing something that's (a) stupid,
> (b) illegal, and (c) worthy of condemnation, not protection.

...

> No doubt (although "compassionate" attorneys are rare).  She was also
> someone who did something very stupid - had a sexual relationship with
> someone outside of a lifelong-monogamous relationship, who was also
> an IV drug user.

> One of the laws of Nature, folks: stupidity is a capital crime.  And
> Nature will enforce this law, given half a chance.

...

> The typical liberal; doesn't mind if conservatives suffer personal
> consequences, but pick on gays, druggies or pro-choicers, and watch
> the fireworks...

Lots of drivel deleted :-(

Now, stupid - tell me why this woman should suffer (composite patient of some
of the many that my mother cared  for before this got to be too much, and she
*left* NURSING:

Alice is a 72 year old, white, widow.  She was a virgin when she married her
husband (she was 19, he was 22). Both were monogamous throughout their married
lives - when he died, her sex life ended.  Neither did IV drugs, in fact, Joe 
was a respected <engineer | accountant | lawyer> for a prominent local firm.
The catch?  Alice is dying of AIDS - in fact, Alice has left than 6 months
left to live.

TELL ME, MEATHEAD - WHAT DID ALICE DO WRONG?  WHAT DID HER HUSBAND DO WRONG?

The catch? Joe (Alice's husband) died of coronary artery disease about 5 years
ago.  In the early 80's, he'd had quadruple-bypass surgery, and used a *lot*
of anonymous donor blood.  He died of a heart attack before he developed AIDS,
so no one (inlcuding his wife), knew he was infected :-(

And yes, there are a *lot* of Alices out there - most visiting nurses in the
LA area have *at least* one or two Alices on their (typical) caseload of 40
patients per week.

Meatheads like you need to get your brains out of your posteriors - this is no
longer a "gay" or "drug user" disease - it has escaped into the general
populace, and will kill us all at the rate things are going.  By the way, I
support not only needle exchanges, but also old-fashioned *quarantine* for
HIV+/AIDS people who refuse to take necessary precautions to avoid infecting
others. (And that #@%@#$%^ in San Jose who raped his 7 year old step daughter,
infecting her, should be burned alive on the steps of the local prison as an
example to others!)

karen






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