Ah, frack it.
Here's my pitch: "HIV does not care about your tribe. Repel it. Use a condom."
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 5:01:54 pm PDT #878 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 5:03:37 pm PDT #879 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here's my pitch: "HIV does not care about your tribe. Repel it. Use a condom."
How's that working out for you so far?
Jesse - Aug 16, 2006 5:04:54 pm PDT #880 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And THAT's why HIV has been virtually eradicated across the globe!
Ta-da!
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 5:06:00 pm PDT #881 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
How's that working out for you so far?
Just fine, thanks. Nobody in my tribe has HIV.
t wonders what the hell ita was on about with that one
sarameg - Aug 16, 2006 5:09:35 pm PDT #882 of 10001
Hey, in this country,some think telling teens that to avoid getting knocked up (or stds or vds or whatever the latest term is), they should just abstain. That's really working.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 5:10:25 pm PDT #883 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nobody in my tribe has HIV.
Surely you're not going to stop there, if you've found the effective way to convince people (including IV drug users, and people who contract AIDS through methods that can't be forestalled with a condom) how to stay HIV negative, you should get a bigger megaphone.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 5:24:01 pm PDT #884 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Hey. Let us stay off the size of my megaphone for a moment.
Africa is not dying of AIDS because of injected drugs or transfusions. It is about sex.
In the cases of drugs, transfusions, and sex ... abstinence has little effect. Anywhere, in any culture.
Typo Boy - Aug 16, 2006 5:32:17 pm PDT #885 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In the cases of drugs, transfusions, and sex ... abstinence has little effect. Anywhere, in any culture.
It is how you persuade people to use condoms. And that varies froms culture to culture, from sub-culture to sub-culture, from micro-culture to micro-culture. All sorts of things come into play - including how easy it is to push women around, how easy it is to bash gays. And while condoms (and not sharing or at least sterilizing needles) are probably the primary means to prevent spread of HIV, they are not the only means. However - don't use this as a thread herring. Condoms and needle non-reuse/sterilization are the primary means; the primary question is how you promote that - and it varies a great deal from culture to culture.
Cashmere - Aug 16, 2006 5:35:23 pm PDT #886 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Prevention in every one is the same.
Except for the ones where the men make all the decisions about sex and the women are forced to take it (and get infected) or beaten or worse. Or what about the tribes with superstitions and freaky (and misinformed "preventions" or "cures" like having sex with a virgin will cure you of AIDS). No, prevention is NOT the same in every single tribe, culture, ethnicity--the condoms may be the same, but getting the people to USE them requires a lot more delicate work than just walking in there and handing someone a condom.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 5:38:47 pm PDT #887 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
don't use this as a thread herring...
Dude, if the herring has swum away from Race toward Culture, I am well satisfied.