Comments on: Why is that? http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/why-is-that/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chrissander http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/why-is-that/#comment-37 chrissander Mon, 12 May 2008 15:02:49 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-37 Damien, thanks for checking out the blog. In response to your question, several things must be done. We must make sure that the programs remain funded. Second, we must have outreach programs that encourage the black community to get tested. Third, we must enact a needle exchange program. Now I know that is a controversial issue, but in the 40 major cities that have enacted their own program, IV drug use has actually gone down and studies prove that these programs reduce the number of HIV infections. Damien, thanks for checking out the blog. In response to your question, several things must be done. We must make sure that the programs remain funded. Second, we must have outreach programs that encourage the black community to get tested. Third, we must enact a needle exchange program. Now I know that is a controversial issue, but in the 40 major cities that have enacted their own program, IV drug use has actually gone down and studies prove that these programs reduce the number of HIV infections.

]]> By: Damien Johnson http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/why-is-that/#comment-34 Damien Johnson Fri, 09 May 2008 20:33:30 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-34 What is your solutions? What is your solutions?

]]> By: Progressive Traditionalist http://chrissander.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/why-is-that/#comment-32 Progressive Traditionalist Thu, 08 May 2008 21:33:12 +0000 http://chrissander.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-32 <i>Why is that?</i> Great question. I'm wondering why the US spends so much on AIDS in Africa when we can't take care of our own. It's like taking away food from your children to feed your neighbor. Other than that, I wonder how much a person has a right to rely on the government. Those medications cost. And whether it's a cancer patient or an AIDS patient, I have to question who exactly it is that has a <i>right</i> to be a drain on the State to the tune of $200k or more a year. Not that I want people to die, mind you; it's just that the same resources could go a lot further elsewhere. So when does morality step in to say that others might deserve our help just as much, if not more? There is only so sick you can be before you die. And just because we might have some technology that can hold that off for a short time doesn't imply that it would be moral or right to use it in every case. Why is that?
Great question.
I’m wondering why the US spends so much on AIDS in Africa when we can’t take care of our own.
It’s like taking away food from your children to feed your neighbor.

Other than that, I wonder how much a person has a right to rely on the government. Those medications cost.
And whether it’s a cancer patient or an AIDS patient, I have to question who exactly it is that has a right to be a drain on the State to the tune of $200k or more a year.

Not that I want people to die, mind you; it’s just that the same resources could go a lot further elsewhere. So when does morality step in to say that others might deserve our help just as much, if not more?
There is only so sick you can be before you die. And just because we might have some technology that can hold that off for a short time doesn’t imply that it would be moral or right to use it in every case.

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