Re: DAFNgapz Unchanged - No Surprize

From: P.Comm (tjsrno_at_spampost.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:48:58 GMT

OH, I know it doesn't compare to African stats - but I wanted to point out a
very RECKLESS population of people who are NOT stupid at all.

"EKurtz" <NoJunk@ForgetIt.com> wrote in message
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> "P.Comm" <tjsrno@spampost.com> wrote in message
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> > <ekurtz99@WhoKnowsWhere.com> wrote in message
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> > > P.Comm wrote:
> > > > "EKurtz" <NoJunk@ForgetIt.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:KeOdnWtmDeM9laDcRVn-tA@comcast.com...
> > > >
> > > >>"MIB529" <man_in_black529@yahoo.com> wrote >
> > > >>
> > > >>Black/white IQ gap in major IQ tests
> > > >>
> > > >>I have to say that, despite what Rushton says, 70 does seem awfully
> low.
> > > >>But it is nevertheless a fact that no African state has achieved the
> > > >>stability and affluence of even the poorest Western European state;
it
> > is
> > > >
> > > > a
> > > >
> > > >>fact that Africa has made no contribution whatever to science and
> > > >>technology; it is a fact that the world center of HIV is Africa; it
is
> a
> > > >>fact that some African states face demographic collapse because of
> AIDS
> > > >>mortality. It is a fact that HIV infection is entirely preventable,
> and
> > it
> > > >>is surely a fact that, knowing what we now know, you would have to
be
> > > >>profoundly stupid to engage in behaviors that expose you to it.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Oh oh. Did you ever see the documentary called "The Gift?" Some
> > > > not-profoundly stupid gay people actually seek to get AIDS by
> deliberate
> > > > behavior (bug chasers) and others offer to give it (gift givers) -
and
> > > > that's not some anti gay propaganda. "The Gift" is documented by a
> gay
> > male
> > > > in a university right now, who DID go out and willfully got AIDS.
> Gay
> > > > people are generally pretty smart. So something else must be
> happening
> > > > here. Outside the box - viruses ALSO have a Will to Perpetuate.
> > >
> > > They seem pretty stupid to me, or maybe suicidal. My point is that, in
> > > the US and other Western countries, most people (and that means
heteros
> > > primarily) manage to be sensibly promiscuous. A few weird homosexuals
> > > doesn't change that stat.
> > > >
> > It's not just a few. Sex without condoms (bareback) is on the rise with
> > gays - and so is AIDS - and they don't seem to give a *** about it. On
> > interviews, they said that they were tired of seeing their lovers die,
> being
> > "NON-infected" and having to be paranoid about getting it and - having
a
> > damper put on their lovelife. They said they felt relieved when they
> > finally got the disease. These were intelligent people speaking on
this.
> > And yeah, it was a SHOCKER, alright. They showed signs on clubs even,
> say
> > ing that "expect everyone here to have HIV before you enter." Entering
> the
> > place, ONE guy wore a condom. None of the others did. "The Gift."
WATCH
> > it. I think it's CRAZY behavior. CRAZY. Listen to them talking about
> it.
> > They aren't crazy people, and they aren't stupid. It's scary! Thank
god
> > I'm old now.
>
> Some numbers would be informative. This still doesn't compare with the
> incidence of HIV in the African populations. Here is the world top forty
as
> of 2001 (the incidence in the US is 0.6%):
>
> 1 Botswana 38.80%
> 2 Zimbabwe 33.70%
> 3 Swaziland 33.40%
> 4 Lesotho 31%
> 5 Namibia 22.50%
> 6 Zambia 21.50%
> 7 South Africa 20.10%
> 8 Kenya 15%
> 9 Malawi 15%
> 10 Mozambique 13%
> 11 Central African Republic 12.90%
> 12 Cameroon 11.80%
> 13 Djibouti 11.75%
> 14 Cote d'Ivoire 9.70%
> 15 Gabon 9%
> 16 Liberia 9%
> 17 Rwanda 8.90%
> 18 Burundi 8.30%
> 19 Tanzania 7.80%
> 20 Congo, Republic of the 7.20%
> 21 Sierra Leone 7%
> 22 Burkina Faso 6.50%
> 23 Ethiopia 6.40%
> 24 Haiti 6.10%
> 25 Togo 6%
> 26 Nigeria 5.80%
> 27 Angola 5.50%
> 28 Uganda 5%
> 29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.90%
> 30 Niger 4%
> 31 Benin 3.60%
> 32 Bahamas, The 3.50%
> 33 Equatorial Guinea 3.40%
> 34 Ghana 3%
> 35 Eritrea 2.80%
> 36 Cambodia 2.70%
> 37 Guyana 2.70%
> 38 Sudan 2.60%
> 39 Dominican Republic 2.50%
> 40 Trinidad and Tobago 2.50%
>
>
>

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