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Oh Mr. Canada I want to point out my articles talk about close to 20 separate cases not 2. Thanks for not reading.

But your "articles" are from American web sites....which can't be trusted...right? :lol:

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No, George Bush is alive and well, but your bug chase leads straight to New York City! :P

See cause the articles I was referring which you didn't read are the ones on the start of the page. All UK articles.

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I want to help the homosexual community

By spreading the LIE that HIV is a "gift" from God. And the LIE that those who put the topi c in a larger perspective are trying to ignore it or deflect attention from it. SHAME on you, Sir! SHAME on you

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Nothing wrong with that. I am an American eh? Well I have duel.

That's great...but my smarmy comment is more about the data domain. The OP started with an academic from Calgary? You added some Yankee and Limey flair. Yet we can't really determine the veracity of the contention.....worldwide.

There have been several high profile HIV sexual assault cases in Canada IIRC. So Mr. Canada's declaration is not completely without merit.

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The homsexual predator must be stopped for the good of the nation as a whole. We cannot have HIV infected homosexuals preying on the innocent trying to infect our young people in our University and College towns any longer.

But we can safely ignore the heterosexual predator, right?

We also must remove the coolness factor of being a "bug chaser" in order to educate our young people to not throw their lives away for immoral sexual relations. HIV isn't cool, being a bug chaser isn't cool spreading HIV isn't cool. This is the message we must get out to our homosexual community.

And it starts with the efforts, from both within and and outside the gay community, to fight homophobia and show gay men that self-hatred is not the answer.

Most people who wilfully try to infect others with HIV do not do it because it's cool, they do it out of hatred -- when it's gay men, often because of self-hatred as well. Most people who commit or attempt suicide (and that's why wilful attempts at getting a life-threatening disease are) do not do so because it's "cool"... They do it because they see it as the only way out.

The root cause is self-hatred, which is taught. Deal with that first.

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That's great...but my smarmy comment is more about the data domain. The OP started with an academic from Calgary? You added some Yankee and Limey flair. Yet we can't really determine the veracity of the contention.....worldwide.

There have been several high profile HIV sexual assault cases in Canada IIRC. So Mr. Canada's declaration is not completely without merit.

None having to do with Bug Chasing. Bug Chasing has to do with two people one who is infected and one who wants to be.

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None having to do with Bug Chasing. Bug Chasing has to do with two people one who is infected and one who wants to be.

Doesn't matter.....in Canada.....it would still be sexual assault to knowingly transmit HIV, even to an eager recipient.

Edited by bush_cheney2004

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Because facts that puts the issue in a larger perspective cannot be used to further homophobia do not make them irrelevant.

True, but any serious epidemiology would be above such concerns. If "bug-chasers" exist, it is a public health issue regardless of "homophobia".

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Doesn't matter.....in Canada.....it would still be sexual assault to knowingly transmit HIV, even to an eager recipient.

Pretty sure the law says "one must inform a sexual partner when there a “significant risk” of transmitting HIV. So no it would not be sexual assault.

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Pretty sure the law says "one must inform a sexual partner when there a “significant risk” of transmitting HIV. So no it would not be sexual assault.

But you are assuming that such informed consent would be the case....not sure that is clear.

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But you are assuming that such informed consent would be the case....not sure that is clear.

If you want HIV and I tell you I have it and we have anal sex. I have informed you and while there is "significant risk" becuase I have informed you no wrong doing under the criminal code of Canada.

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If you want HIV and I tell you I have it and we have anal sex. I have informed you and while there is "significant risk" becuase I have informed you no wrong doing under the criminal code of Canada.

OK.....but I can still "bug-chase" without any such informed confirmation.

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OK.....but I can still "bug-chase" without any such informed confirmation.

Not really that is not what a bug-chaser is. You would just be a barebacker if you did not seek out those who are HIV positive.

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Not really that is not what a bug-chaser is. You would just be a barebacker if you did not seek out those who are HIV positive.

I disagree....even the so called "gay community" puts the responsibility on all partners to practice safe sex. So if we take time to parse the bug-chasing concept, it is easily realized without much of a concerted effort, including "barebacking".

In other words, the practical realities of disease transmission transcends any silly ass concern or perceptions specifically about "chasers" defined in such a narrow context.

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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I disagree....even the so called "gay community" puts the responsibility on all partners to practice safe sex. So if we take time to parse the bug-chasing concept, it is easily realized without much of a concerted effort, including "barebacking".

In other words, the practical realities of disease transmission transcends any silly ass concern or perceptions specifically about "chasers" defined in such a narrow context.

I agree barebacking is dumb however it is different from bug chasing.

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I agree barebacking is dumb however it is different from bug chasing.

Not according to the opening piece:

Growing numbers of gay men are having unprotected sex and some of them are either deliberately transmitting HIV to other men or are trying to get infected, says an alarmed academic.

.....
So-called bug-chasers
are HIV-negative men who are either unopposed to getting infected or are actively pursuing it, says Kevin Alderson, an associate professor of counselling psychology at the University of Calgary.

Ergo...a "bug-chaser" is defined in the larger context.

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Not according to the opening piece:

Growing numbers of gay men are having unprotected sex and some of them are either deliberately transmitting HIV to other men or are trying to get infected, says an alarmed academic.

.....
So-called bug-chasers
are HIV-negative men who are either unopposed to getting infected or are actively pursuing it, says Kevin Alderson, an associate professor of counselling psychology at the University of Calgary.

Ergo...a "bug-chaser" is defined in the larger context.

Barebackers don't however "chase" the bug and are ofter opposed to getting infected.

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Barebackers don't however "chase" the bug and are ofter opposed to getting infected.

You are adding an element of discovery that can only be presumed, not proven. Any person, regardless of gender, who engages in unprotected sex risks any number of infectious diseases, including HIV. I think too much emphasis has been placed on the literal term "chase", which is meaningless in the larger context of the article.

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