Baron Max:
I hope that's not a threat of banishment?
Of course not.
No, I don't give a fuck about HIV or AIDS or any of the people that have it.
That's right. And you won't - until somebody you care about gets it. If there is anybody you care about, other than yourself, that is.
MetaKron:
James, you want us to believe, give us something to believe in.
Look, MetaKron, I've already said I'm neither a biologist nor a medical researcher. But I trust that very smart people who are have done the required work and reached a concensus on HIV/AIDS.
In every field there are fringe-dwellers who will go against the prevailing consensus. Occasionally, they turn out to be correct, but more often they are on the fringes because they are wrong but not smart enough to see it, or because they have personal baggage which leads them to push a line that is unsustainable on the evidence.
What I wonder, though, is where
you fit in. I am not a biologist, and I freely admit that, but I notice when I ask you the same question you won't admit that you, too, are unqualified in this area. You presume to be able to evaluate the truth or falsity of your favorite crackpot websites, and yet seem to lack the expertise required to do so. So, what it comes down to, as far as I can see, is that you're taking a stand against majority scientific opinion merely to be contrary, and perhaps to "stick it to the man".
Most people grow out of that kind of thing following their teen years. The ones who tend to cling on to silly notions usually do so because they think their rebellion somehow compensates for their lack of personal success in mainstream society.
But maybe you have better reasons. Who knows?