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LafayetteLady -> RE: Turned a Master down (7/20/2009 9:25:06 PM)
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If you read Racquelle's post fully,
"HIV has been found in saliva and tears in very low quantities from some AIDS patients. It is important to understand that finding a small amount of HIV in a body fluid does not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted by that body fluid."
While it MAY not mean it can be transmitted that way, it also MAY be transmitted that way and at this time they just have not come across a case where that has happened. To conclude that "french kissing" someone with HIV is completely safe would be incorrect, it is simply not the highest risk activity.
Yes, people assume risks every day, some things more riskier than others. However, as far as STDs go, HIV/AIDS is the only completely, unarguably LIFE THREATENING one that is there. It is the only STD that can cause someone to be charged with attempted murder. That's pretty significant. I'm certainly not saying that infected people should be sent to a leper colony or suffer a life without love.
What's frightening is the number of people who think that it's ok to have unprotected sex with multiple partners. To think that because they are regularly tested, they are safe. Being regularly tested simply means that if/when you are infected you will become aware of it early enough to manage the disease and maintain some quality of life for a long period of time. What's sad is that there are people who identify as "slaves" who, because of that identification wonder whether it is appropriate for them to turn someone down who is infected. Just because someone identifies themselves as a slave would never mean that they should not have a choice about an unacceptable risk. I can't help but wonder if they would be so unsure of rejected a potential master who wanted them to assume other life threatening risks. Should they accept a master who wants them as a slave because the master needs a kidney and they are a match? Or perhaps the master wants to get involved in selling organs on the black market and thinks the slave would be a good candidate? Yes, those are very extreme examples, but we all know there are at least a *few* people here who believe that if "master" decided that they were done with them and told them to jump off a bridge and kill themselves they would. I can't be the only one who sees something seriously wrong with that kind of thinking.
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