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New York Times Editorial on Black AIDS Conspiracy Theories

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robin

This is akin to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. AIDS WAS created, for sure. That is what our congress asked fo0r in 1969. It was tested earlier in Africa, refined and tested again on gay men in the late 70's. Did they (Essex and Francis) know what they were doing? Probably. Their subjects were people least likely to raise a stink. This IS NOT a conspiracy. Fact are facts. The Federal Registry does not lie.

April 3, 2008 wilton manors, fl

AJ

HIV does not discriminate. This retrovirus has the capability to infect and kill every human on this planet. As for it's origins, conspiracy theories abound as always. What is known is that a similar retrovirus exisits in the blood of wild apes so it likely that the virus originated from Africa or nearby countries and has been in existence for hundreds of years. Recorded history has shown that plagues befall Humankind every now and then and HIV is just our modern day plague.

April 2, 2008 Ottawa, ON , Canada

tiago

Reverend White is right about many things. Kristof is wrong. The attacks on September 11 may not have been orchestrated by any one in the U.S. government but they were not stopped when they easily could have been. Than the Israelis and the pro-Israel Lobby and the NeoConmen for doing nothing and getting their cherished occupation of Iraq that eerily mirrors Israels Occupation of Palestine. As for the AIDS theory - nothing would surprise me. It is definitely a disease created by some human beings

April 1, 2008

Bri

Pure Poppycock!

April 1, 2008 Rehoboth Beach

Greg H.

Although I completely disagree with Rev White, it is very easy to understand why he believes what he does when you consider what the Europeans did to the native people small pox, blacks with the Tuskegee experiment. There is also Reagan’s inaction because HIV seemed to be killing all of the "right" people. I tend to believe that HIV has been around for the millennia in a benign form, then mutated into a dangerous infection. HIV isn’t a very efficient way of eliminating people.

April 1, 2008 Modesto, CA

Tom T.

Conspiracy theories have currency with Americans because many of us know firsthand that our very own federal government has been involved in stealth experimentation and harassment on its own citizens. Google the terms "MKULTRA" and "Cointelpro" and you will learn the vast potential for evil from our very own government. So it's not strange at all that some folks would consider even AIDS to be one more example of this covert behavior.

April 1, 2008 Seattle

Dave

doesnt surprise me.i knew HIV was a man made disease. But whos really targeted im not sure. Is it the colored? Gays? The poor? I think the disease was created to wipe some or all of the above. People for centuries have had gay sex and nothing ever happened.and for centuries people can in contact with animals. So why all of a sudden during medical history did AIDS pop up? Because someone long ago created it. If one created it, he must be dead by now and same with the cure until we discover it

April 1, 2008

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