Originally Posted by deanberkeley

My point exactly. As a person who has been around several close friends when they found out they were HIV+ and how just the stigma of the disease changes their lives even when they have no symptoms. In fact, none have developed AIDS. The depression, the suicidal tendencies, it is not a pretty sight and it changes their lives forever. It is not something you want to see a friend, or for that matter another human being, have to go through.

Already while I am reading this thread I cringe at the fact that if it is this guy who tested positive, he is being publicly outed and ridiculed in this manner. In what is already probably one of the most trying and difficult times of his life, he now is dealing with it in a very public way that must be absolutely brutal for him to endure.

I feel sorry for him, and wish more people would treat this situation with a little more respect.