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**Matt W** · Jul 15, 2005, 07:03 am

Err....all AIDS sufferers are people who harm and not victims themselves? Is that your reasoning?

tman_ndsu08 · Jul 15, 2005, 10:13 am

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Ah, the joys of compassion...as has been said somewhere above, a government has a duty of care towards it's citizens.... :rolleyes:

And who gave them this power?

People have a responsibility to care for themselves and not to take other people's money to do it!

**Matt W** · Jul 15, 2005, 11:05 am

And? A lack of government is a hypothetical situation that has no bearing on the reality - which is that the Thai government is helping its' citizens. Good on 'em.

Trotsky · Jul 15, 2005, 11:53 am

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Compassion doesn't include coddling those who harm but in helping the victim and justly punishing the perpetrator. All the government is doing is making parents look like fools for steering their kids away from the brothels and bath houses.

And how pray tell are they doing that?? Most Thai prostitutes (male and female) are forced into prostitution, so am I to presume you would like to see them punished for allowing themselves to be sold into slavery and contracting illness due to a lack of contraception?

How is the government making parents look like fools? Quite often the Parents sell their children into the industry.

bishop · Jul 15, 2005, 05:45 pm

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As for your question what is the purpose of this medication....would you rather nothing was done and HIV/AIDs sufferers were just left to die quickly?

no, it's nice to see that the government is helping its sick people. but, i do not see how this will contribute to lowering the rate of hiv contraction in thailand.

one thing i did suggest was that infected people could take the medication, make themselves look healthy, and then go back out on the street to continue spreading their disease. in a country with virtually no social safety net, these people have little alternatives in order to get money. if they were visibly sick, nobody would touch them.

i'd feel more comfortable seeing economic progress in thailand, than some cheap drugs for aids victims. as it is, thailand's economy is in bad shape right now. a poor formal economy always causes the informal economy to prosper, and this means more hiv contractions.

Jul 15, 2005, 07:03 am	#21 (permalink) (top)
Matt W Moderator Location: Reading, UK. Posts: 6,782	Err....all AIDS sufferers are people who harm and not victims themselves? Is that your reasoning? I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. -George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.

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Matt W Moderator Location: Reading, UK. Posts: 6,782	And? A lack of government is a hypothetical situation that has no bearing on the reality - which is that the Thai government is helping its' citizens. Good on 'em. I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. -George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes. Last edited by Matt W; Jul 15, 2005 at 11:37 am.