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Article #1108Re: Pedro Zamora to be picketed by Fred Phelps and WBC (fwd)
From: Donn F. Pedro
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 21:56
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 21:56
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michael zarlenga (zarlenga@world.std.com) wrote: : Andrew MacFarlane (macfarla@servax.fiu.edu) wrote: : : > Arthur Ashe, a great human being, died of AIDS with less fanfare. : : First, this is simply not true. Ashe was openly mourned by thousands of : : people at his funeral. : I should have been more specific - Ashe died with less media fanfare. : : Second, if Pedro Zamora elicits sympathy and grief, what's it to you? You : : have some objection to his being mourned? : There seems to be an excessive amount of news coverage for this one death : and the only 3 items mentioned on the news was that he contracted HIV : while a young teenager from anonymous sex with another man, he was : featured on MTV and regularly spoke to kids about AIDS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : The only _unusual_ aspect of Mr Zamora's life that was reported is the : MTV connection. Given that, the media coverage seems excessive to me. He attempted to make a difference. There is your answer. Ashe tried too, though with not as much energy or exposure.
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