Samurai_Jerk wrote:I've heard that African UN peacekeepers were one of the main factors in the spread of HIV to Cambodia.
KG, if I put a gun to your head and told you you had to either bareback a girl from Tokyo or a girl from West Africa, which one would you choose? I don't think it's fair to call Jack a racist here. Maybe he's ignorant and doesn't have the best grasp of stats, but I wouldn't say he's racist.
I'd say your playing Russian roulette if you bareback either one. The odds of infection are vastly influenced by behavior, and very much less so on static features like geography or genetics. The fact is you just don't know and the only safe way is to assume that everyone is HIV positive until you have proof otherwise. Now, granted that's a big downer...but it is the truth...Just because someone seems like innocent country girl doesn't automatically mean that 20 other guys haven't barebacked her in the ass in the last month.
I never said Jack was a racist...I said he was stupid to assume blacks in Tokyo were automatically from Africa and assuming the geographic origin would be the key factor the whether or not someone was HIV positive...it is behavior and exposure to blood that spreads HIV, not just being from a given place.
It is quite possible that people he was talking about were HIV positive...It is quite possible that many gaijins are HIV positive, even those from countries where HIV is very low by African standards...Given the nature and location of Japan, its highly unlikely that gaijins are representative of the full spectrum of their national populations, and therefore saying country X is such and such, so people from there in Japan must automatically be such and such is flawed approach except for the most elementary issues or behaviors. Maybe people who want to visit/live in Japan are typically more sexual driven/experienced than the general population of their home country, or maybe they are less risk adverse and thus don't use condoms as much as the general population, or maybe they are more risk adverse or educated and on average use condoms more often then their home country's general population, ect, ect.
Jack is a huge hypocrite, since he apparently engages in the risky behavior that is a proven link in spreading HIV while trying to blame others for the spread.