Why do so many Africans have AIDS?

[Bereta_Eder]

Krazykitten,
of course.
The dwarf and the heavy weight lifter, we've established it.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Frogger
Che's lying, paiktis.

Someone done ****ed a monkey, and that's all there is to it.

[chequita guevara]

The first recorded case of AIDS was a Brit who died of the disease in the late 1950s, btw. The virus was isolated from tissue samples they kept all these years.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Che, yeah really. So what you said about them not caring about women doesnt hold water since they die too from the virus.

The gospel according to paiktis:

African men =

[Bereta_Eder]

it was a Brit? of course.

Was he the dwarf or the heavy weight lifter?

(so we can also establish monkey)

[KrazyHorse]

Perverted Limeys. I always knew they were up to no good.

[KrazyHorse]

Patient Zero in NA (the one who really got the ball rolling) was apparently a gay male Canadian stewardess. who died in 1981 (?)

[Bereta_Eder]

Caligastia,
I blame the african monkeis if that makes you feel better

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Caligastia,
I blame the african monkeis if that makes you feel better

*sigh*

[Bereta_Eder]

But the Brit also had no business to be doing what he did.

[KrazyHorse]

[Caligastia]

Damn brits.

[Buck Birdseed]

Gross oversimplification, chegitz, something you usually do not do. There are many, many cultural factors that play a role, not least the influence of Catholic and Islamic priests, plus many more specialised cases that are definately not male-exclusive. There are several patterns that need breaking for family planning to work, not lest through educational and purely economic change, some of it Gender-related, other not.

For a typical complex case, take the Chagga people of east africa, generally thought of as one of the most resourceful and industrious peoples in the region and thus widely dispersed throughout Tanzania with many in positions of power elsewhere. They are generally of a higher educational level than the rest of the Tanzanian population, are relatively gender-equal (not saying muvh, I know) and certainly earn more money than most. Yet they also have among the highest rates of AIDS in the world. Why? Well, partially it's 'cause they've had the misfortuned to be converted to christianity by catholics, but the major reason is orgies. No really. The widely dispersed and thus disease-prone young Chaggas travel home in large numbers for annual feasts that basically consist of large-scale, unprotected group sex, indulged in by men and women alike and (according to traditionally held beliefs) supposed to not cause any pregnancies. Family planning wouldn't help.

I don't think it's right to blame anyone (except those who know they carry the disease and indulge in unprotected sex anyway) for the spread of AIDS. It's a horrible scourge and everything in our power needs to be done to wipe it out, but ascertaining blame is hardly going to help the millions of people even now dying of this modern plague.

[Worthingtons]

It'd be like trying to boink a house cat

Then we must trust's Frogger's verdict, so if he says it's possible to do the monkey, he knows what he's talking about.

disgusting...

[Pekka]

Think about this.. if you have cure for AIDS.. would you release it right away? Think about it.. lots of people in Africa, they're dead anyway, they won't get the medicine in years. Lots of misery and pain there. Also very large population, so would you wait the numbers to get smaller, then release the medicine, in order to realistically be able to help Africa and its problems, since there would be less mouths to feed etc etc? Seems kind of evil thinking, what do you think?
Sure, lets carry planes full of medicine for free, but what happens after that, they get better but die from lack of food?

Damn, I sound evil myself! I'd give the meds for free ASAP .