Does somebody here have experience with sexually transmitted diseases?

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Seece said:

allblue said:

Seece said:

All of it, including your last post, disgustingly ignorant post. Yes I know of somebody with HIV who IS leading a happy life with his (female) partner. I've read of cases on the internet too. HIV isn't the only aile in life you know, people learn to get on with it and make the most of it.

90% don't know they have it, go back to school, that's factually wrong. and "death sentance" that's just a stupid term anyway, we're all dying. If caught early enough people with HIV can go on to lead odinary long lives.

OP I suggest if you're really interested go do research on it (I think your odds are very low anyway so I wouldn't worry) but don't listen to this guy he talks rubbish.

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 very 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.

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.