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I?ve been visiting this forum for two years. Mostly I return because I?m always surprised that it doesn?t subscribe to most of the bullshit you find on the web.

Lately, it?s been subscribing to the bullshit.

For years I rarely saw the term ?HIV? mentioned.

I always thought that was strange for a site devoted to people fucking for a living, although with the benefit of hindsight it obviously represented halcyon days for folk making smut in the UK, a community who always seemed to live in complete denial of the risks involved.

?Risk? being the key term.

If people knew the true extent of the bacteriological and viral war being fought every time we had sex, many of us would turn celibate overnight. Our bodies are home to billions of microscopic life forms, a flesh colony rich in minuscule flora and fauna; some of which occasionally decide to kick start a biological revolution just for the hell of it. If the simple act of shaking hands can transfer levels of bacteria measured in the millions, imagine the germ jamboree that takes place when we link up our moist sexual organs and cause friction.

If you are lucky you may get bacterial vaginosis, Chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhoea, parasitical infestations, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease, thrush or trichomonas vaginalis. Usually signalled by inflammation, a flood of sunshine yellow pus and the feeling that you are pissing razorblades, all these can at least be cured by a week long course of antibiotics. Moving up to the premier division there is hepatitis B and C, likely to cause serious liver damage and chronic ill health, but still preferable to the black cloud of HIV infection.

A life in the sex industry also means you will be vilified by general society, along with some, less free thinking friends and family.

The gay scene (for those rigidly hetero producers out there who tend to take a dark view of the lavender community, despite the lessons it can teach) have used condoms for years. A result of seeing sexual partners, friends and loved ones dying painfully, back in the day when drug therapy was so bad the main reason for death was non-compliance with the medication that was designed to save you.

Weirdly enough, in gay filth circles of late, punters have been seeking ?bareback? non-condom movies in their droves.

Some PC-centric gay sex shops even label the films which feature unsafe sex with ?Warning? stickers. Personally, I get no pleasure in seeing buff muscle boys fuck each other, but I get do tend to get a lot more excited if there?s a flashing neon sign on the box cover screaming ?FORBIDDEN?.

Summary:

?When America catches a cold the world sneezes?

An isolated outbreak of HIV fever among our cock crazed comrades in the US has meant an entire native industry is living in fear?

The emperor wears no clothes.

Stop worrying, start fucking.

There is some rationale in what you say... I wouldn't argue with anyone who says we've witnessed something of a knee jerk reaction in the last 3 to 5 days. Having said that - it has prompted the proverbial "wake-up" call... the impetus to drive towards a better system of health screening.

Your refections on the "true extent of the bacteriological and viral war being fought every time we had sex" is tantamount to extremism in itself. Let's not fool ourselves - our homes, our kitchens, our fridges, our bathrooms and so on and so forth are ALL BACTERIOLOGICAL AND VIRAL BREEDING AND BATTLEGROUNDS...

Few of us are "living in fear" - but ALL of us believe this should provide the momentum to ensure we straighten up our game.

Stop worrying, start fucking?

Oh yeah??..ok then.

God forbid I commit heresy, but given that many millions of third world folk have seen their lives destroyed by HIV/AIDS in the last two decades I know I?m onto a winner.

It?s a world where there is no access to the retro-viral treatments us folk in developed countries enjoy , and given average life expectancy in Africa has reduced by 23 years in the last decade and hundreds of thousands of folk have died every single day, without anyone giving a flying fuck, I?m feeling smug spa. Real fucking smug???

There?s been two positive HIV cases among slutty folk in the San Fernando Valley and you could argue that this is a personal tragedy, but you let?s not ever pretend this is anything but the chickens coming home to roost.

Summary: It?s two people. They will enjoy the most advanced medical treatment known to man.

Today in Africa many people will die.

A timely corrective from Bruce, to the wall-to-wall hysteria and hypocrisy that I've until now refrained from commenting upon.
A little perspective always helps, especially in our increasingly paranoid, risk-averse society.

And I expect you all to boycott Hollywood from now on, in protest at the deplorable treatment of stuntmen, who are required to risk their lives daily solely to make Pierce Brosnan and Bruce Willis look good.............

I see where ya coming from now... because the plight of the developed world is so much better than that of the developing world we should simply think ourselves lucky, bury our heads in the sand, ignore the risks and get on with fucking...

What an intelligent perspective!

Jack,

Nothing to do with intellect old bean, just stating a simple fact.

Personally, I hold no strong opinions on the subject of the sex industry rubbering up, but I do take offence at the concept of every smut performer suddenly having a Road to Damascus moment and adopting a ?Chicken Little? approach to the health risks they have always faced.

The sky isn?t falling???I repeat, the sky is not falling.

There has been a limited outbreak of HIV in the States, where luckily people have access to the best medical treatment in the world and even following a positive diagnosis can be guaranteed an excellent long term prognosis. Meanwhile in the short space of time you have taken to read this post hundreds of African folk will have died in agony as a result of opportunistic infections, purely because they are unable to afford a course of antibiotics which retail for less then the tube of lube you used in your last anal scene.

Makes all the gnashing of teeth and angst among people who choose to take sexual risks to make money a little bit self indulgent doesn?t it?

Your humanitarian view of the inequalities of life are, I suppose, very noble.

However, let's just put your emotive comparison to one side and look at what people within the industry have been saying/doing for the last two to three months.

For many this quite possibly has been a "road to Damascus" moment - but if you look in the archives of this board you'll note that there has been much highly charged debate with regard to the certification standard within the UK industry. I believe you admit in your opening post that you're not a "regular" participant on this board, so it is possible you have missed it.

So, to summarise - for MOST, this has NOT been a road to Damascus moment... Some have been working frantically to tighten up UK testing and certification WELL BEFORE the US news broke.

Of course the news from the US is going to serve as a wake up call - I'll use a little analogy; you've been thinking of fitting a burglar alarm but you keep putting it off and it keeps slipping your mind. Next door gets broken into - what do you do and what do half of your neighbours do? THEY FIT THE BLOODY BURGLAR ALARM...

What you are seeing here, Bruce old bean, is HUMAN NATURE. Don't think that all this talk of 30day tests and a better testing infrastructure is simply a result of news coming out of the US - it isn't, it's been in play for a while.