Hutch said:
As for man creating AIDS to cut back on the population - the argument makes little sense. The disease itself is very sloppy and it takes far too long to kill it's victim (I've known a guy who's had AIDS for 15 years now and he's still kicking on). I could create a better disease myself if I had the means and the inclination (and a bit of help of course!).
Well think about it if Aids killed you quickly it wouldn't be spread so much. Think about it, AIDS might be sloppy as you said but the fact is it can't be spread too easy so it won't get out of control and kill everyone, it takes very long to show visible signs of having it, giving you plenty of time to spread without even knowing you're doing so. Plus it can easily be prevented by being responsible. And the people that do have it for a long time, how do they stay alive? By taking a lot of drugs (cocktail) that cost a lot of money, so theirs the benefit for the drug companies. To me it's a perfect government created disease.