Do AIDS sufferers have human
rights too? The human rights of AIDS
sufferers took the side roads in the
wake of public fear and vanished in
despair of public disdain! Constant
harsh words and contemptuous eyes
had caused AIDS sufferers to lose
their courage in a world filled with
contempt and prejudice against their
plight. However, if we were all to
stand before our Creator on final
judgment day, who among us is not a
sinner? In the last decade of the
20th Century, AIDS had already taken
around 14 million lives. How could
one still stand in the sidelights
and feign unconcern? The manifesto
of the International AIDS Prevention
and Research Organization “Providing
essential medical treatment to AIDS
sufferers has been regarded as a
basic human right. Equal treatment
should be provided regardless of
race and sexual gender…” manifests
cohesion in human perception and the
awareness for the need of equal
support and medical care to stem the
spread and ultimately overcome AIDS.
According to a global investigative
study, around one-fourth of the
youth population in Taiwan and the
Asian region practice safe sex and
use a condom during a sexual
intercourse. The statistics indicate
that Asian youth are bold in way but
lack proper sense of awareness. They
seem to be unaware of the dangers of
sexually transmitted diseases and
AIDS. Don’t they know that a
moment’s pleasure could one day
become a serious social burden?
It is imperative to seriously
recognize the fact that the ages of
youth engaging in premarital sex are
becoming younger. The society should
take on the important task of
providing the right education and
teaching the youth about love and
responsible sex, thus ingraining the
right attitude towards sex. Our
society should carefully retrospect
and realize the power of an
“education of love”. This is the
only way that we could mitigate the
increasing social burden created by
unpleasant consequences of our
actions.
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