Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-lymph!arndt From: arndt@lymph.DEC Newsgroups: net.motss,net.religion,net.flame Subject: Serpent in Paradise Message-ID: <3391@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 15:48:34 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3391 Posted: Thu Aug 16 15:48:34 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 01:16:23 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 141 PRECIS The hammer blow that will drive homosexuals and the 'gay lifestyle/rights movement' underground again is the current health crisis (of which AIDS is only the tip of the iceberg) among homosexuals, especially in New York and San Francisco but spreading, who follow a particularly promiscuous path to fulfillment and the impending breakout of that health crisis into the population at large. Given the same kinds of events (health crisis) among heterosexuals the same case can be (and would be) made against promiscuous hetersexual lifestyles. In fact, some sexually related health problems ARE of epidemic proportions among the heteros. The point to be taken is however that these diseases are not seen as coming into the general population from an identifible minority. They are caused by a behavior by and large and not passed like the flu. On the other hand, homosexual vectored diseases ARE being passed without the vehicle of homosexual behavior. The purpose of this article is NOT to castigate homosexuality per se, although you all know my views, but to speak out against promiscuous sexual behavior (hetero and homo) because of the consequenses to us all. Homosexuals no less than others, need to speak out against 'bath house' sex and a lifestyle the essence of which is random, repeated, anonymous sex. As a corollary, I also seek to answer the question often expressed on this net (Motss) as to what harm do homosexuals do and what business is it of anyone what two consenting adults do. If the general public IS infected with these diseases from the homosexual community the hammer blow will fall. Remember how quickly the government moved just a short time ago against Swine Flu from such a small amount of information? First, what is a sexually promiscuous person? Kinsey guessed that the average homosexual has 1000 sexual partners in a lifetime. The Village Voice put the figure at 1600. Others (from the homosexual community) have stated that 10,000 for a "very active" homosexual would not be extraordinary. As a result, certain members of the homosexual community (the bath house and gay bar scene) in America's large cities are infecting and re-infecting each other with a variety of diseases. This realization is dawning upon the gay community. It was the homosexuals of San Francisco themselves who took the lead in outlawing sex in the bath houses of that city earlier this year. To quote a gay writer in the Washington Post, "You can take away AIDS and you're still looking at a community that happens to be a diseased community. I'm sorry. The bulk of your venereal diseases now reside within the gay community. The bulk of enteric (intestinal) diseases is now within the gay community." What Newsweek termed, "a carefree sexual adventure, a headlong gambol on the far side of the human libido." is turning into a nightmare for a growing number of young men and women. A 28 year old AIDS victim from New York City told Newsweek, "The belief that was handed me was that sex was liberating and more sex was more liberating." AIDS is a breakdown of the natural immune mechanism of the body which can no longer fight off infections we normally have no problem with. Today it is conservatively estimated that there are 4600 victims of AIDS in this country, of which 40% have already died. But the real horror comes with the following information!! It is estimated that there are 20,000 to 40,000 persons with pre-AIDS (early signs) and no one knows how many are incubating the disease. AIDS is a new disease WITH AN INCUBATION PERIOD OF UP TO FOUR YEARS!!!! Lest you think this is alarmist, hear Dr. Donald Abrams of San Francisco General Hospital quoted in Newsweek, "(the hospital) estimates that 25% of gay men in San Francisco now have lymphadenoathy (pre-AIDS)." IF this represents the early stage of AIDS (and there is evidence that it does and that it is infective), then, short of some dramatic behavioral change, the gay community is on self-destruct. What of the recent work of Dr. Robert Gallo and his research team at the National Institutes of Health? They recently identified a virus, HTLV-3, as a possible cause. (It may not be the only cause!) Some research physicians believe that their announcement was grossly premature spurred by, "a private competition - for fame, prizes, new research funds." (New York Times) But horror piles on horror, for if the virus HTLV-3 IS the cause of AIDS it has been found in 75% of patients with pre-AIDS and 35% of SYMPTOMLESS homosexuals!!!! Talk of a cure is groundless at this point in time and a vaccine is years away. Unfortunately the litany must go on. There are today incubating within the homosexual community, pandemic, rare, and exotic diseases formerly considered 'tropic' and waiting like a time bomb to explode into the general population. They are termed "Gay Bowel Syndrome": -Amebiasis, a disease of the colon caused by parasites. Causes dysentery and sometimes liver abscesses. Usually picked up from contaminated food. -Giardiasis, a parasitic bowel disease causing diarrhea. Spread in a similar way. -Shigellosis, a bacterial bowel disease which can cause severe dysentery. In children, can be fatal. Contaminated food is the usual cause. -Hepatitis A, a viral liver disease (less serious than B or non-A, non-B) spread by fecal contamination: e.g., food, water, and close person to person contact. GBS is a major health problem for us all because; of the rapidly expanding pool of infection in the homosexual community; the ease of spread to the wider public; the tendency for persons to be infected with one or more of these organisms at the same time; the difficultly of clinical diagnosis (they all have common symptoms); nearly all groups of GBS diseases have SYMPTOMLESS CARRIER STATES. In 1977, a fourfold to tenfold increase in GBS-type diseases was noted in San Francisco. It has gotten worse since! In NY as well. The New England Journal of Medicine reported in 1980 that in San Francisco an average of 10% of people reported as having amebiasis, giardiasis, or shigellosis were employed as food handlers. Between 60% - 70% of these persons were homosexuals. How long before the cry goes up for homosexuals to stay out of the food-handling business the way the blood banks now try to screen them out? What about bartenders, medical care facilities, teachers, day care centers, etc, etc.? We have not mentioned gonorrhea or Hepatitis B, both also epidemic among homosexuals who are promiscuous. Well enough. Again, I think the the homosexual community itself should be taking the lead in speaking out against prommiscuous behavior among their ranks as should heterosexuals be doing the same for theirs. May I suggest you look up, GAY TIMES AND DISEASES, by Patrick Buchanan and J. Gordon Muir in the American Spectator, Aug.'84 from which much of this article was taken. Regards, Ken Arndt