[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

[awoelflebater]

 

 Barry Wrote:
But then AIDS came along. And suddenly the old fears came with them. And the 
world changed again, but this time in a more restrictive, more fearful 
direction. 
 

 I think much of the fear around AIDS has faded away and I think a lot of this 
has to do with the passage of time, the fact that there exist more effective 
HIV drugs and because many "straight" people still think of it as a gay 
disease. I think the "gay disease" opinion is the result of not only ignorance 
but of  a 'holier-than-thou' attitude that these people think will somehow keep 
them safe from contracting the HIV virus. My observationis that the average 
person under the age of 30 really doesn't think about AIDS as a real threat to 
them.