http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:48:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/#comment-9765 Geek News Galore « Lawyers, Labrats, and The Like Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:20:49 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=8254#comment-9765 [...] The first one examines a very risky financial business plan for starting-up the Ghostbusters.  The second link is a somewhat comparison between Ghostbusters 2 and the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic.  It [...] [...] The first one examines a very risky financial business plan for starting-up the Ghostbusters.  The second link is a somewhat comparison between Ghostbusters 2 and the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic.  It [...]

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/#comment-9755 Gab Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:20:19 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=8254#comment-9755 @Eddie: I think the problem of AIDS stems from poverty, resulting in a lack of medical and contraceptive resources, as well as little to no basic information about AIDS. People aren't loving too much, they are poor and uneducated (and which comes first is indeterminable). I'm about to high-horse, but really, AIDS wouldn't *be* a problem if companies would stop charging so much for treatments and if the people who think things like having sex with a virgin will cure it were given a better education about it. @Eddie: I think the problem of AIDS stems from poverty, resulting in a lack of medical and contraceptive resources, as well as little to no basic information about AIDS. People aren’t loving too much, they are poor and uneducated (and which comes first is indeterminable). I’m about to high-horse, but really, AIDS wouldn’t *be* a problem if companies would stop charging so much for treatments and if the people who think things like having sex with a virgin will cure it were given a better education about it.

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/#comment-9739 Eddie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:48:43 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=8254#comment-9739 I enjoyed your post! Although, I would submit that the problem of AIDS stems from people loving people a little too much...? I enjoyed your post! Although, I would submit that the problem of AIDS stems from people loving people a little too much…?

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/#comment-9694 Rock Hudson's Hetero Son Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:53:16 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=8254#comment-9694 I was a little dubious when I started reading your article, but you did a compelling job of highlighting some uncanny parallels between the movie and the 80s AIDS crisis (a time I am still terrified and fascinated by.) Well-written, well done. I was a little dubious when I started reading your article, but you did a compelling job of highlighting some uncanny parallels between the movie and the 80s AIDS crisis (a time I am still terrified and fascinated by.) Well-written, well done.

]]> http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/06/12/and-the-ghosts-busted-on-ghostbusters-and-the-aids-crisis/#comment-9692 John Perich Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:09:58 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=8254#comment-9692 Wow. Wow.

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