I'm Not Opinionated

This baffles me!

We played Trivia Pursuit 90s Edition at the New Years parties I went to a few weeks ago. One of the questions prompted some discussion and the outcome really irritated me. I know I should have the question and I will try to find it and post the exact question because I don't have the details, but I will summarize and provide the discussion that followed.

The question was what politician found his house covered in a giant condom after he made the remark that all people who had AIDS deserved to get it. Unfortunately, I don't remember that answer. It is important to remember that this happened in the early 90s when we did not know what we do today about the disease.

The first response to the question was that the question made on of my fellow party goers mad. I responded that it should make you mad. The conversation should have ended there. However, my friend continued to explain that it made her mad because of the babies that were born with AIDS obviously had no control and did not deserve to get the disease. She followed up by saying that the comment did not make her nearly as upset if you took the babies out of it. I was in shock. I don't care who you are or what you have done no one deserves AIDS or any other disease for that matter. The implication that drug users or homosexuals deserve AIDS as some kind of punishment blows my mind...and the fact that people today still agree with these comments baffle me!!

posted by jdanielsc @ 7:56 AM