Happy World AIDS Day, everyone! Yes, today is the day when we all join hands 'round the globe to celebrate the blessing that is AIDS. Thank you, God! Thank you, clandestine government experimentation! Without you, this great day would not be possible.

What's that, you say? World AIDS Day isn't a celebration of AIDS, but is, instead, a day devoted to raising awareness about AIDS? Well, why isn't it World AIDS Awareness Day, then? Hmmm? Presidents' Day is a day to honor the former Presidents of the United States of America. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day set aside to acknowledge and reflect upon the worthy dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his devotion to making that dream a reality. On Veterans' Day, we honor our veterans of the armed services, who valiantly devoted a portion of their lives to the service of this great nation. Why, then, shouldn't World AIDS Day be a day on which we honor the AIDS virus for the great contributions it has made to the planet at large? That makes perfect sense to me!

But yeah, today is World AIDS (Awareness) Day. Here at the community college, there is a large banner advertising the World AIDS Day Summit currently taking place. In addition to stating the date and the title of the event, it asks:

But here's my question: What the bleeding hell is up with the second and third questions? Seriously. Though the risk of a woman contracting HIV from a man is greater than the reverse happening, it is possible -- so what's up with only asking the women if they're safe? And I'm really sick of these assumptions that every other man in America who is involved in a heterosexual relationship is simultaneously engaging in secretive and promiscuous homosexual activity behind his straight partner's back. Yeah, you can thank fucking Oprah for that one, as she's done a number of shows on that very subject.

While I'm on the subject of stupid things, dig what I found written, in black permanent marker, on the hindmost seat of the bus:

Can't argue with that! See you next time, minna-san.