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November 15, 2002
Nope, definitely broke
Since Mozilla let me visit Lileks dumb ass:
Bin Laden needs to do something big, something bold. I think he should go to Cuba. Set himself up as Fidel’s successor. Shouldn’t be hard; they both have famous beards; they both hate America; they both hate gays - Osama would have them stoned, Fidel puts the AIDS-infected gays in barbed-wire camps.
Clearly, there's nothing in the browser keeping me from seeing certain sites.
Oh, and not that it matters:
In Cuba, HIV Entails Quarantine No MoreSt. Petersburg Times Online (01/27/98); Payton, Jack
During the 1980s and 1990s, the Cuban government quarantined HIV-positive individuals, crediting the measures with keeping the country's AIDS rate lower than that of any other country in the region. As of 1997, Cuba had registered less than 1,700 HIV cases, despite having a population of more than 11 million. The country has extensive HIV testing measures, routinely screening pregnant women, blood donors, hospital patients, government officials, and "risk groups" for the virus. Meanwhile, due to the expense of isolating HIV-infected individuals and the possible influx of other infected persons from tourism, the nation began reexamining its HIV policy several years ago. Today, Cuba no longer quarantines HIV patients, offering treatment and counseling instead. Part of the new strategy includes a Health Ministry effort to distribute condoms free of charge and increased cooperation with international groups like Doctors Without Borders.
But the fuckhead got it wrong.
Coincidentally, VASpider has an entry about folks who really hate gays:
Their sexual orientation was more important to the U.S. Military than you being safe from terrorists. During a shortage of translators, these valuable servicepeople were dismissed for their orientation and their orientation alone.
God, I hope I run into Lileks when I'm back in Minneapolis visiting.
"Run into" has multiple meanings, mind.
Update: Say, you don't think Lileks was suggesting that only gays contract HIV up there, do you?
Nah. He couldn't be that fucking stupi--
Ok, that's what he was saying. Somebody better help me get the dents out of the Focus afterwards, that's all I'm saying. . .
Posted by Aaron at November 15, 2002 12:46 PM
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