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To: michael97123 who wrote (469670)	4/8/2009 9:59:55 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

Several years later he died of lung cancer. And the joke is that except for this insane view, he was a great guy. Looking back i dont get it. Sam Kinison, in the 80s, made great fun of AIDs victims. And he was taken to task for it at the time, but continued to do it. Finally, when people he knew started dying of AIDs, he realized he had been wrong and he tried to undo it. No way. For the rest of his life he lived with something of a stigma for those early years when he didn't understand it. For those of us who grew up before AIDs the early days of it were shocking because it involved major lifestyle changes. My best friend who was something of a ladies man and a world traveler, had women in every city -- a behavior he had practiced for a number of years. He stopped -- overnight. "That's enough of that".

To: michael97123 who wrote (469670)	4/8/2009 2:43:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

PS inode and i grew up in a day when folks were in the closet and when they came out they were beaten and no one seemed to notice or care including me for the most part. I had a good friend who said he hoped all the gays died of aids. Several years later he died of lung cancer. And the joke is that except for this insane view, he was a great guy. Looking back i dont get it. Biases tend to be hard to understand. People often take positions they end up refuting later. Unfortunately, people get hurt in the process.