No, hon, that's just wrong.

Yeah Ryan I'm with you, I'm just not that shocked by much anymore.

He is depraved I suppose, but like Josho said, if this is what really makes him happy then it's OK, right? Part of me thought his thing about shoes was quite sweet.

Bash, did you read the comments? Someone said pretty much the same thing about 'safe, sane and consensual'.

No, I didn't, but that's in common usage in the BDSM community.

Yeah that's what they were saying. It's not something I've heard before (obviously, not being a member of the BDSM community) just thought it was interesting that it was brought up on two separate occasions.

Although I guess you could argue the 'sane' part. Who's to say he's not sane?

He's not sane. Wishing to be infected with a virus that will end up killing you is just another form of suicide.

To add- i have nothing against BDSM. I don;t understand a lot of it, but I have nothing against it. Sexuality is a weird, wonderful, and complex thing.

I just don't think this guy is doing it for his sexuality. I think the sexual aspect is just a front for some deep, disturbed crap.

Here's my measure. If I had kid(s), I would not let this dude watch them alone.

I really don't mean to be dense, but isn't it true that the virus just obliterates your immune system and you end up dying from something like the cold virus? (Just for my info or lackthereof)

Oh and I agree with Basharoonie, no om nom. please. seriously, don't.

Yes, Cicely- you are correct. But none of that would happen if you didn't have the virus.

It called Bug chasing. Apparently it's common among certain parts of the gay community. I've read some journal articles characterizing the phenomena.

ETA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugchasing_and_giftgiving
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/01/15/do1507.xml

Ok guys. The following is a picture of a woman in India in the last stages of AIDS. I dare any of you who think this dude is sane to look at this picture and tell me why any sane person would want to do this to themselves.

While the photo is not "graphic" in the sense that there is no blood, she is skeletal and the picture may be disturbing.

http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/HIV-and-AIDS-Explained-to-You-2.jpg

Here is a doctor evaluating a patient with late stage AIDS- Again, the patient is skeletal.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...ficial%26sa%3DN

This is the most graphic picture of the three. It shows a close up of the ribcage of a deceased AIDS patient. He is emaciated. This pic is disturbing.
http://www.aids-info.ch/bilder/schule_aids/jpg_bilder/koch19.jpg

This is no different than a prolonged suicide. It is not "normal" and it is depraved.