Re: William F. Buckley, Jr. Crosses The Firing Line Into 10-3-39

Disculpa Senora David V. Loewe, Jr, pero did you really mime the following on 2/29/2008 3:11 PM???
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:36:11 -0500, Zaphod Beeblebrox
<victor.king1.NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

David V. Loewe, Jr presented us with the following on 2/29/2008 1:13 PM:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:30:12 +0000 (UTC), Dave Reid
<ddreid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Which part of "That you consider Buckley to have been a wingnut says a
lot about you, not him." is not parsing for you?
Yeah...just because someone advocates giving AIDS patients a "discrete" tattoo is certainly no reason to call him a wingnut.
The victims who contract AIDS from people indiscriminately having
unprotected sex after their diagnosis might have a different view.
Eh?

Simple question: Is this a good idea that you'd support or a stupid one that you wouldn't (I'm assuming of course, that (1) you would support a good idea and wouldn't support a stupid one, and (2) you agree the idea is not a "neutral" one...)?

It's amusing how you turned what you said was going to be a simple
question into a complicated, multi-branched one.

To answer your question, I think that it is a failed brainstorming
attempt to warn others of a health care risk while maintaining the
freedom of movement for the victims. How DO you warn potential
partners that this person has a deadly disease and yet maintain the
carrier's privacy and freedoms? It is a prickly question.


Way to go obfuscating and weaseling your way out of a straight answer. I'm fully aware of the times and circumstances under which the statement was made. But contrary to what you say there's nothing prickly about the question - it's pretty straightforward: is it a stupid idea? And in a civilized and free society, the answer is an unequivocal yes. Hell, even Enright (in the middle of all his hand-wringing) had no hesitation in labeling it dumb.

And, yet, how many people would be alive today if Gaetan Dugas had
told his partners *before* they had sex that he had "the gay cancer"?

It was a tragedy. But such tragedies are the price we pay for living in a free and open society as opposed to a fascist state.


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