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Obama lifts ban on U.S. entry for those with HIV

World Oct. 31, 2009 - 05:25AM JST ( 18 )

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skipthesongOct. 31, 2009 - 11:54AM JST

Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality." This sure isn't going to go over well with the Muslim right wing!

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smithinjapanOct. 31, 2009 - 12:34PM JST

Obama is doing a good thing, here.
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Helter_SkelterOct. 31, 2009 - 04:10PM JST

Obama is doing a good thing, here.

Perhaps you can elaborate on why this is a good thing.

It's becoming clearer every day why those who hate America and seek its destruction supported Obama. They couldn't have found a better ally in the White House.
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bilbobagginsOct. 31, 2009 - 08:38PM JST

i hope i dont get aids as a result of this
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dolphingirlOct. 31, 2009 - 09:16PM JST

I didn't know there was a ban but I'm glad it's being lifted. Better late than never. People shouldn't be discriminated against because of health problems.
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yabitsOct. 31, 2009 - 10:51PM JST

It's becoming clearer every day why those who hate America and seek its destruction supported Obama.

Such a comment reveals a kind of "HIV of the brain." Anyway, it's a sick one.

Since there is no danger of HIV being transmitted to the general population, President Obama is doing the wise and compassionate thing here. And showing wisdom and compassion can only serve to raise the esteem and prestige of the United States. (A good thing, but for some little nervous Nellies it is apparently not.)
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as_the_crow_fliesOct. 31, 2009 - 10:55PM JST

The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are: Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan,

That was certainly illustrious company the US government kept in terms of policy over all those years! Good on the country for raising itself out of ignorance, and credit (apparently, according to this article) to the previous administration for starting the process.
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bushloverNov. 01, 2009 - 12:53AM JST

[Obama is doing a good thing, here.]

Such a short comment when it's about his hero but no backup whatsoever. But if there were another man in the white house doing the same thing well then we'd be reading a paragraph of drool.
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bushloverNov. 01, 2009 - 12:54AM JST

Oh those days of Clinton are so far in the past now. Must be close to a decade by now.
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smithinjapanNov. 01, 2009 - 11:07AM JST

Helter: "It's becoming clearer every day why those who hate America and seek its destruction supported Obama. They couldn't have found a better ally in the White House."

Yes, everyone wants the slow destruction of the US via HIV! Duh.

bushlover: "Such a short comment when it's about his hero but no backup whatsoever. But if there were another man in the white house doing the same thing well then we'd be reading a paragraph of drool."

My comment was quite a bit longer before it was edited, but I guess that's what you get when you point out the idiocy of people relating this topic to Muslims and 9/11. Regardless, no, you wouldn't see me, as you infer, going against this if it were the shrub in office doing such a thing; that's part of the point -- he never did, and Obama lifted this ignorant ban... which, my friend, was STARTED by the previous admin. So, no, it's not at all 'the same thing' as the last person in office. It's the opposite. Lifting a ban on travel for those with HIV is, again, a GOOD thing.
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seijichuudo9shaNov. 01, 2009 - 11:21AM JST

Props to you,smithinjapan. I cant agree with your support for right wing Komeito but you are always among the first to come and display your political correctness on threads like this, which is very important.Too many young Americans are afraid to keep pressure on the haters But I'm afraid your post is riddled with errors. The ban was not started by shrub's administration.

And btw - no comma is needed in this sentence:"Obama is doing a good thing, here."