Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV (weapon, solution)
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Listen, think about it, do you really think the ban stopped the dishonest HIV infected people from entering the country in the first place? All this does is allow the good people, the perfectly normal honest people who happen to be HIV infected to be allowed to visit and POSSIBLY immigrate. They aren't going to allow all HIV people to become immigrants, they just aren't going to use the disease to say they can't. It is the same logic used against gun control, bans like this without any merit only work for the good people, the bad folks wouldn't give a crap anyway. It's not like we all have to walk around proving our HIV status.
Like someone has already mentioned, it really won't change anything for the average person. It appeases a group of people without really doing much at all.
Well-reasoned, ethical and sensible. I am afraid it'll fall on deaf ears.
one of the first things he did right. anyone arguing in favor of the nanny state protecting them from hiv is making an argument for govt to protect us from narcotics, guns etc.
For me this ban was ridiculous in the first place. It's a well known fact that the a lot of "sex tourists" in Southeast Asia are Americans. I bet they don't come home to the wifey and fess up to all their sightseeing, and start using condoms. HIV is spread via unsafe sexual practices, and in very rare instances rape. HIV doesn't care what travel documents you hold.
You act as if everyone with HIV is on some mission to spread it around and kill people. Way too much hyperbole for me.
Look at my previous post before that one. I never said nor did I ever imply such a thing. You do not need to intentionally attempt to spread HIV to spread it.
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