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In article <9APR199208465608@zeus.tamu.edu> pac9897@zeus.tamu.edu (REVENGE OF THE KILLER TOMATOES) writes:

> In article <1992Apr9.010107.9746@alw.nih.gov>, vos@helix.nih.gov (Peter Vos) 
> writes...
> [article condemning USA Todays invasion of privacy of Arthur Ashe by announcing
> he had AIDS, so original article]
> While I support your point about privacy 100%, has it not come to a sad state
> of affairs when one is "laid low" by the revelation that you have
> caught a terminal disease through blood transfusion. Why should someone
> have to be ashamed? Is the knowledge you mat die soon not enough?

No one has to be ashamed. And surely, Mr. Ashe is not ashamed. He is
angry, and I don't blame him. Once again, the media has shown their
complete contempt for the privacy issue. 


> I could never understand just how or why people are so horrible to AIDS
> victims, especially those who have caught it as a result of medical 
> negligence/ignorance. How can anyone treat the dying like this? Especially

Got news for you. It's not only AIDS victims. My father died of cancer
and for the last several months of his life, people he worked with for
17 years - people who he liked and cared about alot and who liked him
very much - treated him like he was a piece of dogshit on their shoes.
Thankfully, he had lots of *real* friends and family who sat with him,
laughed with him, cried with him, prayed with him, gave him positive
support and helped him spend his last days in relative peace. 




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