# Har Har Har! Porn industry has major AIDS scare **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 17, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478 "2004-04-17T03:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/1 "2004-04-17T03:19:00Z")
Believe me, I am not the typical person to trash anyone on Fox News (I am not their #1 fan, get annoyed with them from time-to-time, but still, I watch them quite a bit). But I was pretty offended by the veiled smirking from John Gibson today when reporting the current horrible AIDS scare among the porn industry. He almost chuckled, and the guy who reported more about it had a light-hearted smile as well. I don’t get this. I am not a fan of porn (at all), and I am appalled to learn that so many of them are so foolhardy as to do unprotected sex (yes, living under a rock, that’s me). But I feel nothing but sadness and dismay to learn that so many people are scared shitless right now, worried that they have AIDS. It comes with the territory if you are going to have so many partners and be unprotected, but still. It never occured to me that anyone would _smirk_ about it. That is all. That just didn’t set well with me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/2 "2004-04-17T03:20:28Z")
Ahhh, the self-righteous. You gotta love 'em. Wait a minute, no you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/3 "2004-04-17T03:25:33Z")
After all, they film in sin. We need a constitutional amendment protecting the sanctity of film. 😉 Personally, I don’t really see why this is headline news. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/4 "2004-04-17T03:26:37Z")
Jesus has to love them, you only have to try. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/5 "2004-04-17T03:35:08Z")
I could understand an irritated, frustrated or angry response (after all, these people were very foolish to have so much unprotected sex). I could even expect from the more self-righteous a “See what will happen when you are so _evillllll?_” I could expect that. But to find it _funny?_ No, I don’t see what is so funny. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/6 "2004-04-17T03:37:14Z")
> [@MrTuffPaws](#): > > Personally, I don’t really see why this is headline news. Consider the news source. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/7 "2004-04-17T03:38:20Z")
“… and that’s how the kitten got out of the tree.” “That’s a great story, Troy. What a cute little kitty!” “Indeed it is, Stacy. And now, in lighter news, sinners against God to die a slow and horrible death! More details after the break.” ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/8 "2004-04-17T03:43:36Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Consider the news source. Well, the [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com) had it as a cover story yesterday (on their site, anyway) and I heard about it from KTLA (LA’s WB) so I think it’s a story being covered in many places. ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/9 "2004-04-17T04:00:04Z")
Hey, them’s the breaks. You have unprotected sex, you get AIDS. Just like smoking causes cancer and drinking too much fucks up your liver. I can’t muster up any sympathy for the infected in this case. What, do the actresses want a Purple Heart now? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/10 "2004-04-17T04:06:33Z")
> [@htns](#): > > Hey, them’s the breaks. You have unprotected sex, you get AIDS. Just like smoking causes cancer and drinking too much fucks up your liver. > > I can’t muster up any sympathy for the infected in this case. What, do the actresses want a Purple Heart now? :rolleyes: No, but there’s a little thing called “decorum” and I think most people agree that it’s not ok to laugh at people who have cancer or AIDS, even if their own actions put them at risk for these conditions. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/11 "2004-04-17T04:06:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t muster up any sympathy for the infected in this case. What, do the actresses want a Purple Heart now? :rolleyes: No, but they don’t need to have people smirking at their misfortune, even if their own foolishness brought it on. It’s not nice to kick someone when they’re down (with a potentially fatal disease). ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/12 "2004-04-17T04:08:18Z")
Blalron: Simulpost! You said it better than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/13 "2004-04-17T04:09:26Z")
Any objections if I mark **htns** down on my “self-righteous asshole” list? No? Good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/14 "2004-04-17T04:11:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Jesus has to love them, you only have to try. Mmmmmmmmm, no I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/15 "2004-04-17T04:33:41Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Mmmmmmmmm, no I don’t. That’s the great thing about not being a Christian. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/16 "2004-04-17T04:41:35Z")
Wow! People are dying and it’s _ **funny** _! Ha ha! They have _a terrible, incurable disease_! ROTFLMAOWTFOMGBBQ!!!111oneoneone :rolleyes: Sheesh. Humans. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/17 "2004-04-17T04:57:54Z")
So the porn industry is just now getting concerned about AIDS? What rock have _they_ been fucking under for the last twenty-five years? I can almost see someone being amused, though; if you remove the element of personal tragedy for the infected, it _is_ kind of funny (in a sick sort of way) that the people who ought to have been the first ones to worry about AIDS are apparently the last. It’s pretty assholish to remove the element of personal tragedy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/18 "2004-04-17T05:05:54Z")
This isn’t the first time, either. [http://www.lukeford.com/stars/male/marc\_wallice.html](http://www.lukeford.com/stars/male/marc_wallice.html) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/19 "2004-04-17T05:12:13Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > So the porn industry is just now getting concerned about AIDS? What rock have _they_ been fucking under for the last twenty-five years? I can almost see someone being amused, though; if you remove the element of personal tragedy for the infected, it _is_ kind of funny (in a sick sort of way) that the people who ought to have been the first ones to worry about AIDS are apparently the last. It’s pretty assholish to remove the element of personal tragedy, though. Actually, the porn industry has been amazingly conceintous about spreading HIV. If they weren’t, they’d all be dead now, you know? From [this](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4752236/) article. > [@](#): > > Actor Darren James and actress Lara Roxx tested positive for HIV Wednesday in screening conducted routinely on the industry’s 1,200 regular actors by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare (AIM) Foundation, the foundation’s Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell said. > > They must show negative tests to keep working in the industry, Mitchell said, adding that only about 17 percent of performers use condoms. > > James, the first porn actor to test positive for the virus since 1999, had a “stellar record” of tests — negative every three weeks for the past seven years, she said. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478/20 "2004-04-17T06:54:48Z")
Big fat nit to pick - the performers tested positive for HIV. They don’t have AIDS. In populations where people have good medical resources and access to the modern “cocktail” meds, having HIV develop into AIDS has become fairly uncommon. And, as Miller cited, the adult entertainment industry is surprisingly diligent about testing. Unfortunately, they’ve been living and perpetuating the myth that the only hazard to unprotected hetero sex is babies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/har-har-har-porn-industry-has-major-aids-scare/240478.md?page=2)