Reply #11: Like many things in the life . . [View All]

. . there are many intertwined reasons. Still, change occurs and progress is made because creative people patiently deconstruct the barriers to the solutions of the problems facing humanity.

Is GWB president today because of a corrupt Supreme Court, the systematic disenfranchisement of Florida's black voters, the absentee military ballots that were sent in late with no signature but still counted, because Gore lost his own state of Tennessee - or any of the hundreds of other possible factors?

They all were partially the cause or explanation. And they all need to be addressed if we are to win this time.

To say that a virus caused the death of your friends, not Reagan, is simplistic and pedantic. There was a possibility of providing funds to work toward a cure and slow down the virus. All it took was political will and compassion. Instead Reagan chose to be vindictive and petty and political.

As a "point source" cause of the deaths of thousands of gays in the 80's, his policy would have done the most to save the most lives - or, as happened, cause the most deaths. Accordingly, he deserves a very large amount of the blame for your friends' deaths.