Comments on: PSA Monday: Green Lantern and AIDS http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1269 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:09:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Nowak http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1269/comment-page-1#comment-7167 John Nowak Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:20:42 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1269#comment-7167 I gotta admit, "spreading fastest among people you wouldn't expect" feels like BS to me, but it's the sort of BS you might want to tell an angry crowd. And he gets points for emphasizing that AIDs is not spread by casual contact. Which, unlike the earlier line, is actually true. I gotta admit, “spreading fastest among people you wouldn’t expect” feels like BS to me, but it’s the sort of BS you might want to tell an angry crowd. And he gets points for emphasizing that AIDs is not spread by casual contact. Which, unlike the earlier line, is actually true.

]]> By: JIM http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1269/comment-page-1#comment-7143 JIM Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:40:54 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1269#comment-7143 The things that strike me most about this PSA are (1) holy mackeral, Hal Jordon's been using the Ab-Adder or something, and (2) those aren't just any gay guys, that's the Leather Man from the Village people and Harpo Marx. Or possibly Noel Coward. The things that strike me most about this PSA are (1) holy mackeral, Hal Jordon’s been using the Ab-Adder or something, and (2) those aren’t just any gay guys, that’s the Leather Man from the Village people and Harpo Marx. Or possibly Noel Coward.

]]> By: mike. http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1269/comment-page-1#comment-7124 mike. Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:24:57 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1269#comment-7124 Re: the "people you wouldn't expect" comment. I would suspect that this was said only to keep other specific groups of people from being victimized. Had GL specifically mentioned circus clowns by name, you just know that the very next day they'd be trying to drive all the circus clowns out of town. Did you see that crowd? I had to look at the ad twice because I was CERTAIN i'd seen some torches and pitchforks the first time around. On the other hand, I am (for all the wrong reasons) very much enjoying the "look" of this nice gay couple. You've come a long way, baby! Re: the “people you wouldn’t expect” comment. I would suspect that this was said only to keep other specific groups of people from being victimized. Had GL specifically mentioned circus clowns by name, you just know that the very next day they’d be trying to drive all the circus clowns out of town. Did you see that crowd? I had to look at the ad twice because I was CERTAIN i’d seen some torches and pitchforks the first time around.

On the other hand, I am (for all the wrong reasons) very much enjoying the “look” of this nice gay couple. You’ve come a long way, baby!

]]> By: Gareth Wilson http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1269/comment-page-1#comment-7120 Gareth Wilson Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:48:59 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1269#comment-7120 "Spreading fastest" is a bit of a dubious statistic too. At one point AIDS was spreading fastest amongst patients of HIV+ dentists... because the number of victims jumped from zero to one, an increase of infinity percent. “Spreading fastest” is a bit of a dubious statistic too.
At one point AIDS was spreading fastest amongst patients of HIV+ dentists… because the number of victims jumped from zero to one, an increase of infinity percent.

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