[College Repub]

Very interesting but I don't really see where there's an issue in the big picture. In the end, the same behavior causes AIDS. Whether the behavior leads to the virus triggers the end results or the behavior leads to the end results directly seems to be irrelevant to me. What am I missing?

[uncbob]

Whether the behavior leads to the virus triggers the end results or the behavior leads to the end results directly seems to be irrelevant to me. What am I missing?

A couple of gazillion dollars wasted in trying to combat the HIV virus

[JameRetief]

Whether the behavior leads to the virus triggers the end results or the behavior leads to the end results directly seems to be irrelevant to me. What am I missing?

Money. We are wasting BILLIONS and BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars if HIV is not the cause of AIDS. It would take comparatively very little money to confirm or debunk the HIV theory. Tests do so have been proposed and set up, but the AIDS industry continues to stall and prevent them from occuring.

[Dimensio]

In the end, the same behavior causes AIDS. Whether the behavior leads to the virus triggers the end results or the behavior leads to the end results directly seems to be irrelevant to me.

Actually, "behaviour" would not "cause" a virus, it would simply provide a vector for spreading the virus. In that situation, the behaviour itself is not inherently the problem but rather the situation of exposure to the virus during the behaviour.

[robertpaulsen]

Exactly. A person is dying from a gunshot wound, and the people on this thread are arguing over the caliber of the bullet.

[Dick Bachert]

OK, guys -- what it is: AIDS is a largely BEHAVIOR RELATED CONDITION!

Bill Clinton's CDC released figures a few years ago reflecting that fully 85% of all AIDS/HIV cases are

1. Active, non-monogamous homosexuals,
(the largest subset)

2. Heterosexuals and bisexuals who have had sex with group 1 and

3. IV drug abusers who share needles.

(Kinda gives new meaning to Romans 6:23, doesn't it?)

The remaining 15% (the REAL "victims" of AIDS!!) are those who have contracted AIDS via other, non-sexual/non-drug means SUCH AS TRANSFUSIONS OF TAINTED BLOOD (which one homosexual "leader" on the West Coast URGED his fellow homosexuals to CONTINUE to attempt to contaminate in order to involve the straight community in the push to increase federal funding for AIDS research).

What a guy -- er -- GAY!