There is a bit of a debate raging over at KnuckleCrack about Eric's entry on bareback sex, in which he asks for a bit of sanity in regards to the issue. That entry inspired my post last night about my frustrations as a bottom who wants to use condoms in San Francisco. As might be expected, there's been a bit of an eruption on the comments from different visitors to his site.

I was particularly disgusted by this comment from user "Charley Beal":

1. When someone indulges in raw sex and serioconverts, yes, they can go on meds and lead a relatively healthy life... But that conscious choice inevitably drives up the cost of healthcare and insurance premiums for everyone else who pays into the health insurance kitty. I deeply resent this self indulgent behavior. if someone wants to have raw sex fine. just DON"T ASK ME TO PAY FOR THEIR MEDICINE!

I am fucking sick of this kind of individualistic, moralizing, 21st century politics spingame. AS IF people who make these arguments don't get in a car every day, knowingly taking a fairly decent risk that they will suffer an injury from a car accident -- potentially costing millions of dollars in health care. Fuck off, neoliberal assholes. Your argument doesn't have a leg to stand on. These guys are just mobilizing moralistic platitudes to try and stigmatize gay sex. It's nothing new. I wrote this comment in response to Charley's:

I'm so over this neofuckingliberal "I'm not paying for your mistakes" health insurance crap. People make all kinds of mistakes and decisions that lead to things happening to our own health. I drive a car regularly, knowingly taking a risk that I run a comparatively high chance of dying in a car accident. We take risks all the time. For whatever reason, some risks get pathologized and stigmatized and -- finally -- politicized by talking heads on TV who want to moralize our dirty sex lives.