| What do you think of this regulation? | |
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| Dec 2, 2009 01:34 |   |
 | Gansu Province has publicized a new rule, which requires those HIV/AIDS suffers are obliged to inform their spouses or sexual partners of their situation. Meanwhile, they should prompt them to have HIV-infection tests in local disease prevention and control institutions. If they don’t inform of their situation and don’t take precautionary measures, they will be subject to civil and/or criminal liabilities. The AIDS patients’ families should be informed of this news. But do you think it is proper to force AIDS suffers to tell their situation to their families by making a regulation? Do they ever think about AIDS patients’ feelings? |
| Dec 2, 2009 03:42 | #1 |
| Jimmy, in my opinion, people with HIV/ AIDS are morally obliged to at least tell their sexual partner. Some men have been jailed for deliberately having unprotected sex and infecting others.. Wouldn’t you like to know? Dodger. |
| Dec 2, 2009 09:16 | #2 |
| I agree with Dodger, they should inform and safeguard the social interest... |
| Dec 2, 2009 10:42 | #3 |
| Well, they do have to inform their families if they have HIV/AIDS. Especially spouses. That way, they can prevent infecting them. And who are the best people to know than their families? They are the closest people they have. They should be their support. If their own families will not support them, who will? That's what families do! The sufferers should be open to their families and the families in turn should be compassionate and understanding about their situation. They shouldn't be mocked or be put to shame. |
| Dec 2, 2009 21:26 | #4 |
| I agree with all of you that the AIDS suffers should inform their families of their disease but the point here is whether we need to make laws to force them to do it. You know, AIDS suffers feel helpless when they knew they are infected with AIDS. They are afraid that other people will discriminate them if they know they are AIDS suffers. It is very hard for them to tell other people about their illness, even their families. In my view, the AIDS suffers do have the responsibility to inform their families of their disease but there is I still doubt if it is necessary to establish regulations to force them to do it. A responsible man know how to protect his families from being hurt. |
| Dec 4, 2009 12:51 | #5 |
| It is a problem of discrimination then. Discrimination is a social menace. This is why there are anti-discrimination laws in Western countries. In US, it is illegal to fire or not hire someone just because he/she has AIDS. Laws/regulations are in place because people, if left on their own, won't do the right/decent thing to do as a human being. Sad but true. We need laws to keep us on the line. We are unruly species. |
| Dec 4, 2009 20:22 | #6 |
| Quote:Originally Posted by SHESGOTTOBE Laws/regulations are in place because people, if left on their own, won't do the right/decent thing to do as a human... Well, it is good to see there are anti-discrimninnation laws but I am wondering if they can be enforced very well. According to the employment law, the Hepatitis B suffers shouldn’t be discriminated and they have the equal rights to find jobs. However, some employers don’t abide by the law. They still refuse to recruit Hepatitis B victims. |
| Dec 9, 2009 10:48 | #7 |
| It means China needs some snarky lawyers and justice system that enforce laws. One that makes the employers pay millions to the discrimination victims. |
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| Dec 10, 2009 03:51 | #8 |
| Quote:Originally Posted by SHESGOTTOBE It means China needs some snarky lawyers and justice system that enforce laws. One that makes the employers pay millions to the discrimination victims.This is the key.  |
| Dec 14, 2009 04:14 | #9 |
| I’m guilty of discrimination. I’m discriminating about what restaurant I eat at. I’m discriminating about who my friends are. I’m discriminating……..ad infinitum. She, if I applied for a job in a Chinese restaurant as a waiter do you think I’d get the job? What China doesn’t need is a million ambulance chasing lawyers. Some people describe them a sharks. I think that may be a little unkind to sharks. No, what is needed is informed education. Simple really. Dodge |
| Dec 14, 2009 13:57 | #10 |
| I don’t know where you are applying as a waiter, Dodger. Maybe if you end up breaking all the plates or messing up people’s orders, you won’t get the job naturally. But here you will see people of different ancestries working in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Mexican and American restaurants. It’s not about your skin color or your race, it is about whether you can do the job or not. If you are an African-American who can cook great Japanese food, you can get the job as a Japanese restaurant chef. In a Japanese steak house I go to, they have about 5 Mexican cooks there. I’m not saying you don’t need lawyers. They are necessary evil. Don’t hold your breath because you might need them one day. Lawyers, just like any profession are prone to abuse. Yes, the population needs to be educated. They need to be educated about what their rights are and how to respect other people’s rights as human beings as well. Empathy, respect and compassion ought to be taught to kids. We usually tell our kids it’s wrong to bully other kids. Generally, we are brought up knowing maltreating, abusing or killing another person is wrong, however, there are people who still do it. That’s why there are laws and enforcement. |
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