Comments on: Well, this is not a happy story

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:22:10 +0000

WJK, we can’t blame those who get sucked into it!

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:20:30 +0000

Lies, this is all lies! Holding hands and sitting on each other’s laps is not sexual. How could anyone in good conscience defame the jjimjillbangs? I personally avoid Iteawon and I have no interest in viewing alleged gay activity. If a person has spent any time on this island they would know that homosexuality is nonexistent. Sure as the sun sets on the Kimchi tree, we know this to be gospel.

By: wjk

wjk — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:09:15 +0000

i don’t know much about law, but I’m sure the majority of society would agree to severely punish anyone who spreads AIDS with full intent and knowledge.

By: wjk

wjk — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:06:17 +0000

every country has a right to exercise quarantine as it sees fit to protect its citizens. And if you’re a homosexual male, you should be more responsible than the male who is described in the article. That guy will ultimately be responsible for ruining some other lives.

In other events, today, my US Korean male friend picked up a Harisu music cd cover and said, “she’s hot !”

Obviously, he has not kept up with vital Korean news.

I told him that’s a guy who had his sex changed.

He refused to believe me, until I gave him my ” I don’t lie about this ” face and tone.

It was a classic moment.

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:12:02 +0000

STDs run pretty damned rampant in Korea. I have a friend that makes quite a decent living in a “skin care” clinic. Yes, there are the occasional customers wanting a freckle or two removed, but much business is had removing herpetic lesions with lasers.

It is the ubiquity of the skin care clinics and the ease with which people can seek treatment for the STDs which keeps Korea’s STDs from running rampant.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:02:32 +0000

AIDS is definitely not a gay man’s disease in China. There are whole villages of AIDS patients, victims of a blood selling scandal that came to light a few years ago. Villagers were selling their blood, which was collected with dirty needles. This tainted blood was sold to patients, who have also contracted the disease. Stories like this do manage to break through the heavy wall of censorship, and AIDS awareness activities by some of China’s most popular entertainers have brought AIDS out of taboo closet.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:46:24 +0000

” think there is the same attitude in China, (”it’s the foreigners problem, don’t associate with foreigners and you’re fine”) but I’ve never heard of such a law as the one you just pointed out. “

All foreigners entering China on work, student, or family visas just take a physical exam. Included in that physical exam is an HIV test.

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:31:09 +0000

Fan death scares the bejebus out of me.

STDs run pretty damned rampant in Korea. I have a friend that makes quite a decent living in a “skin care” clinic. Yes, there are the occasional customers wanting a freckle or two removed, but much business is had removing herpetic lesions with lasers. They offer gonorrhea penicillin cocktails as well, though wrinkle destroying eye-cream is a more popular favorite.

I was told that basically, people don’t really fear it. They get whatever, go get it removed, and continue on with the unprotected sex. Hopefully the younger generation won’t buy into this ignorant sexual custom.

By: slim

slim — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:12:30 +0000

Fan death, however, knows no gender or sexual orientation when it stalks Korea and only Korea.

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:35:14 +0000

Though I have not seen statistics and I do not know if they exist even, Korea is probably fortunate to have far fewer intravenous drug users since they — and dirty needles from blood transfusions, as in China — account for higher rates of HIV infection in other parts of the world.

Oh yeah, the statistics. The Ministry of Health reports 94% of the 680 people diagnosed with HIV last year were male, and they suspect that many of the patients lie about having caught it through heterosexual intercourse. Nobody admitted drug use, either.