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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

87.0. "Never again, no matter who they do it to" by SWATT::POLIKOFF () Mon Mar 24 1986 14:02

	I recently read that some groups want those people who have been
diagnosed as having AIDS to wear clearly recognizable identification.



		May I suggest a yellow six pointed star!!!!!!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
87.1	fear vs intentional assult?	VAXWRK::BRAGINSKY		`Thu Mar 27 1986 12:58`	13
	Hmm.. That is a very interesting issue. In my opinion, having people who have been diagnosed as having AIDS, to wear some sort of recognizable symbol is not quite the same as what germans did with jews. Although it has been proven (?) that AIDS cannot be contracted by simple physical contact, I can see that people may not fully believe the results of such research. I would feel sort of funny if I had to shake hands with an AIDS victim... Wouldn't you? Now, what germans did was quite different: the sid pointed star was a symbol of disrespect for Judaism... Comments?
87.2	okay, how about a pink armband? (I second .0)	DELNI::GOLDSTEIN	Fred @226-7388	`Thu Mar 27 1986 13:29`	13
	The point alluded to in .0 is not that AIDS just might be spread via handshakes. That's pseudo-scientific absurdity (although the LaRouchies are pushing it). The point is that public attitudes that make that particular disease so much more feared than other deadly diseases are rooted in fear and loathing for the largest group of AIDS victims -- homosexuals. In Nazi Germany, homosexuals wore armbands and went to the camps, too. Quibbling that there may be quasi-medical bases to fear of AIDS victims does not change the underlying facts of the case. I second .0 as an appropriate response.
87.3	Perfectly clear	SWATT::POLIKOFF	Arnie Polikoff	`Thu Mar 27 1986 16:19`	3
	Let me make it perfectly clear. I am against official singling out any segment of a population because if they get away with it they WILL single out Jews again, and as I said 'Never again!'.
87.4		CADDLE::MAHLER	Michael	`Fri Mar 28 1986 09:15`	9
	This is a diffidcult issue to conceive. But let's put it this way, there ARE people with AIDS that do not care about infecting others you know.
87.5	Gotcha!!!	GRAMPS::LISS	Fred - ESD&P Shrewsbury MA	`Fri Mar 28 1986 09:31`	8
	Re .4 One more reason for you to get married! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) Fred
87.6	Snagged.	NONAME::MAHLER	Michael	`Fri Mar 28 1986 10:49`	7
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