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Originally posted by donnybrasco I see all kinds of inuendo and flat-out lies and flasehoods reported every day on subjects I KNOW they have information wrong on

Absolutely. I agree with that 100%.

One reason for that: the media is sensationalist by nature.

An example that immediately comes to mind has to do with AIDS. The media would have you believe that AIDS is an easily-contractable disease and that there is an epidemic going on in this country and that everybody should abstain from sex, etc., etc.

When in truth, even if you bleed during intercourse without condoms with someone who has AIDS, the chances of you getting AIDS are still 1:800,000. (I'm not making this up.) And getting AIDS from a woman is nearly impossible (but she can get it from a man). I'll give you the Surgeon General's info on that if you don't believe it.

So yeah, definitely, the media is wrong about a lot of things. Point taken.

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd When in truth, even if you bleed during intercourse without condoms with someone who has AIDS, the chances of you getting AIDS are still 1:800,000. (I'm not making this up.) And getting AIDS from a woman is nearly impossible (but she can get it from a man). I'll give you the Surgeon General's info on that if you don't believe it. So yeah, definitely, the media is wrong about a lot of things. Point taken.

NO I believe you are wrong. You are definately going to have to give me some source to back that up. Do you mean you are bleeding but you partner doesnt have a cut so thats why you can't get AIDS?

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid NO I believe you are wrong. You are definately going to have to give me some source to back that up. Do you mean you are bleeding but you partner doesnt have a cut so thats why you can't get AIDS?

If you're bleeding, you can get it with the probability of 1:800,000 or something. It's possible but still very unlikely. AIDS is a disease that is extremely hard to get.

Can you wait a few hours, I'll try to dig up that information ?

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd Can you wait a few hours, I'll try to dig up that information ?

Sure i will wait just for you

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd The media would have you believe that AIDS is an easily-contractable disease and that there is an epidemic going on in this country and that everybody should abstain from sex, etc., etc.

I know for a fact you're right about that as theory (don't know about your stats, but...), because my sister, who worked in the medical field for years, knew one of the nation's lead Researches on AIDS. The truth is, it is hard to get for one. Secondly, the most "At risk" people are gay men, heroin drug users (needles) and black female prostitutes (again, usually drug users). No particular order there.

Since your average citizen doesn't fall in to any of these catagories, your actual random chance of getting AIDS drops to a figure so small it's almost hardly worth worrying about.

Here in Los Angeles, the media is NOTORIOUS for adding fuel to the fire in order to stir up news. The Rodney King beatings would be an excellent example of that. They never showed the whole video on TV, where King, a known criminal, who was high when finally pulled over after running at speeds of over 100mph, was taking swings at the cops! Nope, they only showed a black man getting beaten by the cops (one of whom was a black cop!)...the inference was clear! And what this city got in exchange was a very costly and un-warranted riot.

But ironically, this is yet another exmample of the liberalism of which I speak in our media outlets.

Last edited by donnybrasco on Aug-22-2005 at 22:16

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