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I just clicked on the link for the article. Not only is the accused full name used in the story, they also publish his booking photo and his home address. This is one man whose reputation is ruined regardless of the outcome. Shameful.
How unfair that the accused gets his full name published in the paper but the person with whom he had sex remains anonymous. What if the accused is found not guilty?
It is sad that anyone becomes HIV or Diabetic, for it truly is a human infirmity. I think it is sad that people are being jail for loving some one or not having a relationship built on trust and truth. Gay Marriage is a need to learn these values and helping sexual people build on these values. I am one that tinks HIV and Diabetes are the same just an illness. Will I go to jail in the future for offering a a disclosed Diabetic a cake with surgar spinkles that causes kidney failure?
It's time for people to start taking responsibility for their actions. Not just with disease disclosure, but with everything. The past 20 years, our society has morphed into something that becoming onrecognizable! Where is compassion for our fellow human beings? On both sides of this issue. Maybe before jumping into bed with someone, a person should ask themselves how they felt the day they were informed they had the virus. Come on guys. Only we can make a difference within our community.
mr baxter i i no how you feel about the treatment of hiv/aids infected
i would like the guys out there to no that i have recently found out i was poz and beleive my now ex of 2 years and i have not had contact sence with any man was poz and new he was and i asked him befor the act i no the doctor can not give a date on when someone contracted the hiv but i have was told iv contracted it in the last 3-5 years and now the medical problems he was having wile we were together all made sence when i found out i was poz but the first act didnt take place in iowa it means
Whether or not transmission actually takes place? Are we in Nazi Germany? That's like me sneezing on someone but him not contracting my flu virus yet I am still being charged with a felony! And yes people, you can die from the flu virus!
grace
It's wrong to not disclose your status and have unprotected sex. At the same time people need to take responsbility for protecting themselves. Yet, criminalization is going to have a backlash. It increases the stigma, so people won't get tested and know their status. And poz people who don't know their status are free to spread the virus as much as they'd like, without consequence. The message of criminalization is...Don't get tested, then you can claim ignorance and avoid prosecution.
January 30, 2010 • New Mexico