http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/21/handle_with_car.php All comments for Handle with Care en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:44 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/21/handle_with_car.php#comment-377645 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/21/handle_with_car.php#comment-377645 Comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:42:39 -0500 <p>Wait up. The ways by which one becomes HIV-positive are a) unprotected intercourse, including oral, anal, and genital, with someone carrying HIV, b) receiving a tainted blood transfusion from or sharing a needle with someone carrying HIV, or c) being born to a mother who has HIV. If you do none of these things, smoking doesn't make a difference in your susceptibility...and if you do any of these things, the suggestion that not being a smoker would in any way reduce the chances of infection is nothing short of irresponsible and dangerous. Anti-smoking campaigners have enough real, demonstrable facts they can use; to stoop to this level of misinformation should be beneath them. I'm sure someone will be saying "I heard your chance of getting AIDS is lower if you're a nonsmoker...and neither of us smokes, so we don't need to use a condom" before too long.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/21/handle_with_car.php#comment-377159 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/21/handle_with_car.php#comment-377159 Comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:10:54 -0500 <p>The student’s lawsuit claimed that the suicide policy violated federal law protecting disabled individuals from discrimination. In addition, the settlement awarded her $65,000 from the college. Wow so now depression is now a disability? Chop off a leg, then okay. Stupid pussy ass kids.</p>