Human ribbon to celebrate World Aids Day

swingking

I got an email saying that there was going to be a red ribbon made of people, in the front square. Did it work???

Any pictures would also be great!

e-mail from USI

No idea. Was in lectures. Was a USI & SU run thing:

e-mail from USI wrote:

PHOTO CALL: FRIDAY 1st DECEMBER 2006: 10.30am



VENUE: FRONT SQUARE

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, DUBLIN 2





WORLD AIDS DAY ‘HUMAN RED RIBBON’ IN TRINITY COLLEGE



The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), marking World Aids Day on Friday 1st December, will this morning head up a Human Red Ribbon formed by hundreds of members of the public in Dublin’s Trinity College.



The event – open to the general public – is co-organised by Trinity College Students’ Union. In addition to students from across Ireland, the Human Red Ribbon will bring together local residents, commuters and tourists.



The Human Red Ribbon symbolises support for those living with HIV and AIDS, and each supporter will wear an item of red clothing. The Human Red Ribbon also challenges the stigma and prejudice surrounding these conditions.





ENDS





For more information please contact:

Kelly Mackey, USI Welfare Officer 086 858 1747

John McGuirk, USI Eastern Area Officer 086 858 2351

Daniel Wood, Press & Research Executive 01 4353400





Notes for editors

Background information about World Aids Day is available from the World Aids Campaign at www.worldaidscampaign.org.

Crash

I was involved in it - worked alright yeah - Simon has photos that I'll see if I can get from him.


bloody cold though - brrr...

Why are celebrating AID'S/

Pet

AIDS, no apostrophe. And I hope that was a joke..

But it is not a celebration like the person in the original post said.Is it not for raising awareness?

Pet

Yes. I thought it should be pretty obvious..

Although, you raise a good point. I've never actually heard anything about AIDS or HIV on World AIDS Day. And I know of quite a few people who are shockingly uneducated about it (gay men, nonetheless). Scary.

shay_562

Was told about this in advance, but I completely forgot due to heavy drinking on Thursday - happened across them in Front Square on Friday morning, and through sheer luck I was wearing a red t-shirt anyway. Of course, that t-shirt had "KILL ALL HUMANS!" written across it in big letters, which may have been slightly less than appropriate given the situation...

shay_562

shay_562 wrote:

Of course, that t-shirt had "KILL ALL HUMANS!" written across it in big letters, which may have been slightly less than appropriate given the situation...

That's classic! Hope whoever was taking pictures got one of you.

Edwardius

shay_562 wrote:

Was told about this in advance, but I completely forgot due to heavy drinking on Thursday - happened across them in Front Square on Friday morning, and through sheer luck I was wearing a red t-shirt anyway. Of course, that t-shirt had "KILL ALL HUMANS!" written across it in big letters, which may have been slightly less than appropriate given the situation...

It should have also said "slowly and painfully of an immune deficiency virus" and raise lots of smiles!

And I hope that was a joke..

Concerned-mother-of-six ****. Think of the good points, It's doing wonders for junkies and leaving real people (who don't want to be robbed/stabbed) alone! Although something that works a bit faster would be nice in order to prevent them trying to use it as a weapon.

Seriously, hopefully aids does go away if only to shut that floppy haired midget crooning **** up. Bono, you are a ****.

Pet

Concerned-mother-of-six ****.

I was actually just worried that someone could be so stupid and myopic as to actually believe, even for a second, that celebrating World AIDS Day meant celebrating AIDS itself.

It's doing wonders for junkies and leaving real people (who don't want to be robbed/stabbed) alone!

These junkies, like most of the increasing population of obese people, will be treated under the medical card system, and will hence be a burden on an already understaffed, underfinanced public health system.

And junkies infected with HIV carry their own biological weapon. This is surely worrying, no?

Edwardius

Pet wrote:

I was actually just worried that someone could be so stupid and myopic as to actually believe, even for a second, that celebrating World AIDS Day meant celebrating AIDS itself.

Hardly, although I have seen some funny t-shirts to that effect.

Pet wrote:

These junkies, like most of the increasing population of obese people, will be treated under the medical card system, and will hence be a burden on an already understaffed, underfinanced public health system.

Yeah, that's unfortunate. You'd imagine goliath and his mates would realise they're getting type two'd and go for a run.
Unfortunately treating anto and his mates seems to be a little more pricey and I doubt the campaign was aimed at them as highlighting their self inflicted plight doesn't massage Bono and his mates' egos as much as moaning about the lads in africa.

Pet wrote:

And junkies infected with HIV carry their own biological weapon. This is surely worrying, no?

That's what I was getting at. If it worked a bit faster on them they couldn't get a chance to use it as a weapon