Oh what a strange world we'd live in if we could really neatly package human feeling.
The worst part is hypocrisy hiding in theses ads for the International Red Cross, while the Canadian Red Cross, despite the blood bag filled with compassion, doesn't accept blood donations from gay males. Apparently it's 1981.
You'd think that by 2008 any humanist and forward-thinking organization would realize that supporting this kind of homophobia is dangerous. We all know that AIDS is not a gay disease. We all know that AIDS doesn't discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, class or race.
AIDS can be contracted by everyone. Everyone (except gay males) can donate blood. Therefore, anyone with AIDS can donate blood. To maintain this kind of discrimination against gay men is pointless, offensive and does nothing to protect the blood supply. All it really accomplishes is preventing sick people from getting blood they could use.
Compassionate, tolerant, aware? Get it together Red Cross.
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Get your facts straight. The Canadian Red Cross has not had any role in blood collection in Canada for a decade. That service is run by a federal agency, Canadian Blood Service. Why do you attack an organization for something it has nothing to do with?
Ah, after a quick fact check, I have noted that you are indeed correct. I'm glad to learn that Canadian Blood Services has taken over, as it was a case of impending doom. Although it was wrong of me to attack Red Cross for their new ads, with their disgusting track record I couldn't help but jump down their throats. The Canadian Red Cross has been involved with several negative scandals, including not only discrimination, but spreading HIV and Hepatitis C, as well as knowingly supplying tainted blood to patients. Come on they deserve a little trash talk, even if it does date back to 1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Red_Cross
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