09-21-2006, 06:03 AM
It's not bad at all, is it bad that this country doesn't afford it's citizens with proper health care? hell yeah! Is that magic johnsons fault? fuck no!
Hating on Magic because he is using his money and athletic background to live, now thats the real awful stance. If Freddie Mercury had the same chances, would you be hating on him too? Is the world better off with Mercury being dead? I think not.
Magic provides hope to those with the virus, in the fact that he has survived so long and many people have also survived just as long with medical advances.
The issue that young people don't remember how it was in the 80's and 90's is a two fold problem. The main problem is that kids today are dumb, lazy and ignorant. They dont remember shit from 2 years ago, let alone 20, because they dont care or want to know. They are too busy pimpin their myspace pages and checking out the latest reality shows so they can be as cool as flava. The other aspect is that it is NOT how it was in the 80's, people were ignorant of the disease and thought it was something homosexuals in bath houses get, it was god punishing them!!! And there were not available yet the medical choices that are available today. Thanks to people like Magic, who have educated the public, that a hetero can get it and not just a hetero but a man like Magic can get it! So anyone can get it.
I also remember the following day after his news conference, sure some people were disgusted. but more people were just shocked that magic had it, if magic could get it, anyone could! Magic's case was the most important HIV case of all. Because the prior ones like Rock Hudson and Mercury were mostly Homosexual men, so while it was shocking it was still a "gay disease". The only case that may have been as important was Ryan White, the little kid who got it from a transfusion and befriended Elton John, but magic was more important because of his celebrity.
So the fact that people still die of aids, and dont live as long as magic is not his fault. It is our government failing us. It is not only aids, millions of americans die every year because of the fact they can not afford proper health care, they die of even more common things like pneumonia, because they cant afford health insurance.
Even if magic has aids, WHICH HE DOESNT! He has been an important figure in educating people about the disease. He still tours the country to this day, giving speeches and spreading information about the disease.
So to say, shame on you magic for using your celebrity to live is bogus, because he is also using his celebrity to benefit many and I am sure he saved hundreds and perhaps thousands of lives over the course of his lifetime, because of the fact that he made many people think twice about the disease. So would it have been better if he just gave up and croaked?... which would be tough from a disease he never had!
Hating on Magic because he is using his money and athletic background to live, now thats the real awful stance. If Freddie Mercury had the same chances, would you be hating on him too? Is the world better off with Mercury being dead? I think not.
Magic provides hope to those with the virus, in the fact that he has survived so long and many people have also survived just as long with medical advances.
The issue that young people don't remember how it was in the 80's and 90's is a two fold problem. The main problem is that kids today are dumb, lazy and ignorant. They dont remember shit from 2 years ago, let alone 20, because they dont care or want to know. They are too busy pimpin their myspace pages and checking out the latest reality shows so they can be as cool as flava. The other aspect is that it is NOT how it was in the 80's, people were ignorant of the disease and thought it was something homosexuals in bath houses get, it was god punishing them!!! And there were not available yet the medical choices that are available today. Thanks to people like Magic, who have educated the public, that a hetero can get it and not just a hetero but a man like Magic can get it! So anyone can get it.
I also remember the following day after his news conference, sure some people were disgusted. but more people were just shocked that magic had it, if magic could get it, anyone could! Magic's case was the most important HIV case of all. Because the prior ones like Rock Hudson and Mercury were mostly Homosexual men, so while it was shocking it was still a "gay disease". The only case that may have been as important was Ryan White, the little kid who got it from a transfusion and befriended Elton John, but magic was more important because of his celebrity.
So the fact that people still die of aids, and dont live as long as magic is not his fault. It is our government failing us. It is not only aids, millions of americans die every year because of the fact they can not afford proper health care, they die of even more common things like pneumonia, because they cant afford health insurance.
Even if magic has aids, WHICH HE DOESNT! He has been an important figure in educating people about the disease. He still tours the country to this day, giving speeches and spreading information about the disease.
So to say, shame on you magic for using your celebrity to live is bogus, because he is also using his celebrity to benefit many and I am sure he saved hundreds and perhaps thousands of lives over the course of his lifetime, because of the fact that he made many people think twice about the disease. So would it have been better if he just gave up and croaked?... which would be tough from a disease he never had!
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