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Originally Posted by blazey
Ahhhh so Wynonie was right, it is all about what was fashionable at the time. If you were truly ever committed to any kind of protest, like gay rights as you've just said, then you would still be campaigning about it if it meant that much to you, as the problem is still there to be dealt with.
If campaigning is so important, why dont you rally your troops and do it, then you can fill the gap  |
I've said in other threads that I think gay equality has been achieved in the UK thanks to this government, and see no need for target groups to protest now, especially over such trivial matters. The main reason blood from high risk groups isn't accepted, even though it could be screened, comes down to money. Money which could be spent on much more worthwhile things in the health service. Most gay men have no problem with this issue. If you were a bit more worldly, you'd know that.
There was a need, when I was involved politically, when people, including friends of mine were dieing of AIDS, and couldn't get a dentist, or when nurses refused to treat patients, and orderlies left food outside of wards and cleaners refused to enter bedrooms of patients with HIV. A time when Plus-2 hairdressers in Accrington, made the national press because they wouldn't cut the hair of gay men for fear of catching AIDS. A time when the promotion of homosexuality in schools, which could be as innocent as saying that Leonard da Vinci was gay, was a sackable offence for teachers. A time when twenty one year old men were sent to prison for having a consensual relationship with a nineteen year old men. A time when a partner could be denied access to the death bed of his or her life partner, because the family had more rights than their other half.
Come back and try and debate, when you know what the hell you are talking about.