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...decade ago not much was known about AIDS and discussions of how and to whom it was transmitted contained little factual and unbiased information. I would have hoped that McFadden would have done more accurate research before biasing an already misinformed public. AIDS is a deadly disease worth the serious attention of our government and health care agencies. The sexuality of the person who contracts it ought to be irrelevant to the discussion of a search for a cure. But it was precisely because it was not irrelevant in the minds of legislators, that it has taken so long...
...disputable that as a nation or campus we disagree on the morality of homosexuality. Therefore, I write to do more than simply criticize Christopher McFadden '97 ("Quilts and the Moral Fabric," Oct. 17, opinion piece) for objecting to its practice, but more significantly to point out his irresponsible discussion of AIDS. He uses his moral objections to cloud the discussion of government funding for this deadly syndrome, and the reality of who is being infected...
...flaw in Chris McFadden's argument is that he mistakes the health concerns of the gay rights advocates and, indeed, of all those who give priority to the AIDS virus, as political concerns. Thus, he legitimizes dismissing the disease. Though the religious right claims that AIDS is God's answer to homosexuality, no health issue should be a political or moral concern. --Liz C. Vladeck...
...Chris McFadden has a valid point concerning the misapplication of the word genocide to describe the AIDS virus: Using inaccurate words can be misleading and dangerous ("Quilts and the Moral Fabric," Oct. 17), which is why his glaringly incorrect characterization of AIDS in this country today is so frightening...
Read: AIDS is no longer a gay disease. Overwhelmingly, throughout the world, AIDS has become a disease of poor people, of young people and of minorities. These trends have been apparent since 1988. However, regardless of Chris McFadden's misinformation, do we as a society gave a lower priority to addressing the health concerns of those whose behavior we may disagree with? Do we, then, place a lower value on the lives of homosexuals? For this is the implication of the conclusion which Mr. McFadden draws from his assertion that AIDS is "acquired" through abnormal sexual behavior. It's logical...