I sometimes wish there were two ways of saying "people", one of which
meant "people, including myself" and the other of which meant "you
peasants over there". It's the former sense I want when I say that
people occasionally do (epidemiologically speaking) dumb things; so I'm
not blaming people (latter sense) for failing to stop themselves getting
HIV. It's just that I'm mystified as to why the fear of AIDS should
terrorise anyone out of a lifestyle they were presumably enjoying, when
the cost of continuing to enjoy it without anxiety was so trivial.
Dominic
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