Ya thats just how i took his statement saying its game over,   as in no more Sex for you! .. but i do know there are dating sites specifically for people with STI's so not all hope is lost.    In terms of medical advances, They have managed to get some pretty much cured.  No longer needing meds and not contageous but still had trace amounts in the body.   I think the count is around 15 people so far.   not much but that is MAJOR progress

I wouldnt want to go anywhere near someone who has HIV,   not that i think less of them, id just be scared as fuck

Yeah, it's understandable, which is why my heart goes out to those that have it, but as you can see from this thread there are people with it making the most of their lives!

And I'm confident we'll see a cure in our lifetime.

Yes that was an exaggeration in my post, but none of what I wrote was remotely offensive to anybody living with HIV/AIDS. I wrote in a good will to get my message across, stay safe than to be sorry later. If you feel my post was misleading you can choose to confront me in a more civil manner. Go ask those who are living with HIV/AIDS, everyone of them would wish they could turn back the time and make the right choice at that right moment. 

That doesn't mean they're not leading happy lives now. There are plenty of things we would like to turn back time for, depending on how much depends on the severity of the situation.

I just believe the public and school kids can be persauded to play safe without the scaremongering.

oh i am to, The fear of getting tested i think is huge.   No one wants to go get the test,  wait days anxious as hell worried about everything.   Where i live they say it takes about 3 days for results, and will only call you if your positive.  So your sitting there waiting hoping a call never comes.  Its very stressful.  If there were easier ways to get tested i think more would.  which would be a major development because the sooner they catch it, the more likely they can get you to this "cured"  level.  i think it was either 2 weeks or 2 months but i cant recall.

I feel really bad for those who have it and have met many nice caring individuals who do. 

Ha yeah, everyone who gets tested feels like that, it's a week here which is excrutiating. I mean even when you know you're fine, your mind goes into overdrive.

Its not scaremongering its describing the reality for what it is. In your case you personally know a lot of people with HIV who are leading a good life but what you've got to realise is there are millions of HIV/AIDS sufferers who aren't as fortunate as those you know for a plethora of reasons. Having no access to medicare, diagnosed at a more advanced stage, not having enough income to get treatment after their life and career have been devestated etc, not to mention psycological resillience differs from people to people. I doubt that even 80-90% of HIV/AIDS victims are leading a very happy life as we speak. You have a very narrow scope of what you perceive as the consequences of contracting AIDS.

Its not about fearmongering at all, its about informing and educating the public about the full consequences of contracting the disease, not downplaying it by what you've observed from a number of more fortunate victims. There are thousands of people still on the verge of death as we speak from AIDS. 

Well considering the biggest majority of those withs HIV/AIDS live in Africa and struggle on a day to day basis generally anyway, that conclusion is poor and misleading. You might as well say mankind isn't happy in that case, taking into considerion the billions homeless/struggling around the world.

Having HIV must suck but medication IS very good these days for those that have it, and like I said they learn to make the most out of life.

If I was scaremongering, you were downplaying and straight up painting a sunny outlook on a life with HIV/AIDS. Go and educate those kids in highschool with your tone of "persuasion" lets see how much weight your version of contracting the disease will have in those alcohol/sex driven teenage dimwits. Pop a pill and you live a normal life, go tell them. 

My point is those people you know CHOSE to live with HIV/AIDS and make the most of their life. Not everyone is going to take it so well and it is definitely NOT a life without complications. 

Also bear in mind there are a lot of places on earth beside africa where AIDS is still a deadly disease and medicare isn't free.

There are plenty of other diseases than just HIV. Some are worse than others, but people deal with them and live lives.

Life is not a safe thing. Do you ever thing about how many people slip and die in the shower and bathrooms? It's the most dangerous room in the house. Life isn't safe, we all know (well most of us) that we are probably going to die of something.

'Safer Sex' is just that. It's not fool proof. But it's a much better option than telling kids with fear-mongering that they should never have sex until marriage. Marriage is too important to make it just about sex. Then they usually get all messed up about it and act out in worse ways.

Life has risk - when you leave your house, take a ride in a car, walk along the street, or go to the bathroom. Someone has died doing just that. There is no risk free way to life. You manage, do your best, put on your seatbelt and condom, etc.