Misunderstood

Dear MaKhumalo @Vejinity

Thank you very much for taking the time to draft me a letter but I must point to you that i believe you misunderstood my tweets.
But let me start by say:

My hearts go to people who contracted AIDS through rape

My hearts go out to people who contracted AIDS through blood transfusion.

My hearts go out to children who contracted AIDS from their mothers.

My hearts go out to firemen, paramedics who contracted AIDS trying to save lives

My heart goes out to the wife or husband who unknowingly is exposed to this virus because one was unfaithful

The list can go on. But then we have people who are now victims by being irresponsible, do i feel sorry for them? Do I sympathize with them?
My answer is NO!

I know people who got AIDS through irresponsible behaviour, but I have no sympathy for their condition any more than I would have sympathy for someone who gets arrested for driving drunk. People who do drugs and share needles, they know the risks of sharing needles and when they contract AIDS society must sympathise? There are choices and there are consequences. When you make bad choices, something’s there are horrific consequences.  I refuse to reward irresponsible behaviour. It punishes responsibility. Some people may see this as being ignorant, but we don’t all subscribe to a same way of thinking.

What if YOU get cancer after smoking. Then the person made a bad choice and will suffer the consequences. Why is that my fault or my problem? Why should I pay for someone else's bad choices? Where is the personal responsibility? This isn't about sex or orientation. This is about taking responsibility. I feel the same about AIDS from sex or drug use as I do about cancer from smoking, liver disease from drinking or any of the other AVOIDABLE conditions that people bring upon themselves by making bad choices.
As contradictory as this following statement may be but each person who becomes infected with HIV have their own stories to tell. No one can judge a person with AIDS since one cannot know the history behind its contraction. We all make stupid decisions in life but I also believe there are no accidents. Everything we experience in life happens for a reason. Sometimes it is the Universe slapping us in the face to get us to learn something in life that we might not otherwise have learned. I have learned that we cannot take anything in life for granted.