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1、这是一篇演讲，感人至深，是著名艺术家和活动家MaryFisher1992年8月在休斯敦举行的共和党大会上发表的。作为一名HIV携带者，她的演讲不仅在当时引发了万千美国人对爱滋病的深层思考；更感染和鼓舞了此后人们对艾滋病人，以及其它弱势群组的理解、关怀和支持。演讲中，从全球日益严峻的艾滋病形势，到人们相应的冷酷无知的处理态度；从纵向历史的教训警醒人们的关注，到横向家庭的责任突显勇气的可嘉；MaryFisher雄辩有力、充满激情地表达了“关爱艾滋病人”这个主题。Inthecontextofanelectionyear,I
2、askyou,hereinthisgreathall,orlisteninginthequietofyourhome,torecognizethatAIDSvirusisnotapoliticalcreature.ItdoesnotcarewhetheryouareDemocratorRepublican;itdoesnotaskwhetheryouareblackorwhite,maleorfemale,gayorstraight,youngorold.Tonight,IrepresentanAIDScommuni
3、tywhosemembershavebeenreluctantlydraftedfromeverysegmentofAmericansociety.ThoughIamwhiteandamother,IamonewithablackinfantstrugglingwithtubesinaPhiladelphiahospital.ThoughIamfemaleandcontractedthisdiseaseinmarriageandenjoythewarmsupportofmyfamily,Iamonewiththelo
4、nelygaymanshelteringaflickeringcandlefromthecoldwindofthisfamily’srejection.Thisisnotadistantthreat.Itisapresentdanger.Therateofinfectionisincreasingfastedamongwomenandchildren.Largelyunknownadecadeago,AIDSisthethirdleadingkillerofyoungadultAmericanstoday.Butit
5、won’tbeforlong.Becauseunlikeotherdiseases,thisonetravels.Adolescentsdon’tgiveeachothercancerorheartdiseasebecausetheybelievetheyareinlove,butHIVisdifferent;andwehelpeditalong.Wehavekilledeachotherwithourignorance,ourprejudice,andoursilence.Wemaytakerefugeinours
6、tereotypes,butwecannothidetherelong,becauseHIVasksonlyonethingofthoseitattacks.Areyouhuman?Andthisistherightquestion.Areyouhuman?BecausepeoplewithHIVhavenotenteredsomealienstateofbeing.Theyarehuman.Theyhavenotearnedcruelty,andtheydonotdeservemeanness.Theydon’tb
7、enefitfrombeingisolatedortreatedasoutcasts.EachofthemisexactlywhatGodmade:aperson;notevil,deservingofourjudgment;notvictims,longingforourpity—people,readyforsupportandworthyofcompassion.Myfatherhasdevotedmuchofhislifetimeguardingagainstanotherholocaust.Heispart
8、ofthegenerationwhoheardPastorNemoellorcomeoutoftheNazideathcampstosay,“TheycameaftertheJews,andIwasnotaJew,so,Ididnotprotest.Theycameafterthetradeunionists,andIwasnotatradeu
