Comments on: HIV/ AIDS, denial and a brilliant blog http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: sudha http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-684 sudha Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=636#comment-684 let me just say that i ignored the futility of my previous comment in a very weak moment of annoyance at commercialism of such stuff. its not that i am still tat kid that considered certain things were beyond commercialism. its just that a few past entities made it a little difficult for me to digest it at first. your reply is very much out of context. but everyone has a right to their own perspective. i am probably obliged to explain mine since i came out with the comment in the first place, but the whole thing tires me more than a week long flu, so just label me a squirt and let it go, please. let me just say that i ignored the futility of my previous comment in a very weak moment of annoyance at commercialism of such stuff. its not that i am still tat kid that considered certain things were beyond commercialism. its just that a few past entities made it a little difficult for me to digest it at first. your reply is very much out of context. but everyone has a right to their own perspective. i am probably obliged to explain mine since i came out with the comment in the first place, but the whole thing tires me more than a week long flu, so just label me a squirt and let it go, please.

]]> By: neha vish http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-683 neha vish Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=636#comment-683 Sudha: People living with HIV/ AIDS are not the same as people living with the cold. Most of them either live or are shunted to the margins of society. They do need better services. Anti-Retro Viral Treatment is expensive, and given the change in patent laws - the costs are shooting through the roof. You don't have to treat them differently. But you do have to ensure that they are able to access whatever it is that they need to access. We're not talking sympathy here - no.. not even empathy - but addressing their right to a certain service. Sudha: People living with HIV/ AIDS are not the same as people living with the cold. Most of them either live or are shunted to the margins of society. They do need better services. Anti-Retro Viral Treatment is expensive, and given the change in patent laws – the costs are shooting through the roof.

You don’t have to treat them differently. But you do have to ensure that they are able to access whatever it is that they need to access. We’re not talking sympathy here – no.. not even empathy – but addressing their right to a certain service.

]]> By: sudha http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-682 sudha Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=636#comment-682 this is exactly why there is a problem -- the labelling of them. treat them well, treat them like crap , watever it is that people do -- they end up branding people with AIDS as a different species that need some kind of special attention. people will never come to terms with the the fact that common cold and AIDS are no different and there will definitely be more such posts. this is exactly why there is a problem — the labelling of them. treat them well, treat them like crap , watever it is that people do — they end up branding people with AIDS as a different species that need some kind of special attention. people will never come to terms with the the fact that common cold and AIDS are no different and there will definitely be more such posts.

]]> By: chandni http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-681 chandni Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:33:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=636#comment-681 nice post neha...the kind that made me feel all warm inside :o) nice post neha…the kind that made me feel all warm inside :o)

]]> By: kundalini http://www.withinandwithout.com/2006/02/hiv-aids-denial-and-a-brilliant-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-680 kundalini Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=636#comment-680 nice post. i recommend the book "positive lives" by kalpana jain. it has some wonderful insights from a similar angle. nice post. i recommend the book “positive lives” by kalpana jain. it has some wonderful insights from a similar angle.

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