Give the girl a break! — HIV-postive teen

I have been pondering this recent story for a number of days. It never sat well with me. Admittedly, my prejudices overwhelmed me and I said: “To hell with the guys who had sex with her. If they engaged in sloppy sex with somebody they do not know, they only have themselves to blame if they get infections. I could not care less about them. Leave the poor girl alone.”

This morning, I decided to read up on the details to find out more. My prejudices were cemented and frankly, I am outraged.

Shortly after the warning was made public on Friday afternoon, police received a number of calls from people who spotted the girl hitchhiking out of Edmonton.
—SNIP—
Police say the girl has no fixed address. She is known to police.

It is preposterous to charge this girl with sexual assault, for one thing. Are we so messed up in this world to really believe that a poor teenage girl who has no place to go assaulted other teenage males??? I am trying to figure out the biological mechanism of that alone.

I do not judge this girl. Chances are that she is a prostitute in desperate need of help. So what if she did not tell them about her HIV status?? Between her and the teenage males who chose to enjoy unprotected sex with her, my heart goes out to her and I could not care less if those guys suffered and died with AIDS.

Regardless of where I or anybody else wants to put their sympathies, there are legal problems in this matter. How do we know that these guys did not choose to take the risk? I want to see the prosecutor prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that these males are honest. I want to see proof that these guys were unaware of her HIV status.

Demand US mortgage forgiveness now!

My blood is boiling. I think I am going to pop a vein after reading more of the nonsense coming from the US press.

I am getting fed up (please accept the pun) of hearing about The Fed planning to print more money while the US Administration bumbles about pretending to try to solve the problem of common folks facing foreclosure.

Enough is enough! When are people going to come to their senses?? If there was one ounce of intelligence in the collective brains of the socialists they would figure out that the solution is simple: forgive these loans and stop printing money. Let the proletariat keep their damn houses for free. So what if a bunch of rich parasitic bankers lose their gravy train?

ADDENDUM:
(9 Aug 2011 21:09) Mok commented thusly elsewhere on the internet:

Forgiving someone’s loan to you is equivalent to handing them a fistful of cash. Both are interventions in the machination of the supposed free market. I don’t see a distinction.

To which I respond:
No.
The mortgages are packaged together by the banks and considered assets on their books. These assets allow the banks to lend out even more money.
Whereas, handing over a fistful of cash to the house owner qualifies for a home equity line of credit which pays a bit of interest but nowhere near as much interest the banks charge for lending out the same amount with the houses held as collateral.
On top of that, the banks over-appraise real estate in determining how much to lend. Short version: they are fabricating money and inflating the supply.
I will assume that it is common knowledge that inflating the money supply only leads to price inflation and the loss of savings.
So, the reality is that forgiving someone’s mortgage is equivalent to preventing multiple fistfuls of cash from being thrown into circulation.

I was a member of the Bloc Quebecois

Since everybody is coming out of the wood-work these days, I may as well do so too.

I was a card-carrying member of the Bloc Quebecois for about ten years. It only cost $10 per year. All of that stopped when my wallet was stolen a couple of years ago. I did not bother renewing my membership after that. I still get their letters in the mail.

I love Canada and I love Quebec. The only reason why I stay living in Canada is because I enjoy French-Canadian culture. Otherwise, I would have moved to the US long ago. However, I still want Quebec to separate from Canada and hopefully that will happen before I die.

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