Looks like Dr. Senator Bill Frist wasn't a crazy homophobe after all, but a rational doctor when he bravely refused to rule out the possibility that sweat and tears transmitted HIV. Because, If sweat, tears and saliva couldn't transmit the virus, why would an HIV positive man have been sentenced to 35 years in jail for spitting?
The answer to that question is "because the man was sentenced in TEXAS." This story would be so funny, if it weren't sad and true: An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison because the jury found that Willie Campbell, 42, used his saliva as a deadly weapon. Of course, by Texan standards, this is a slap on the wrist. Plus, Campbell only has to serve half his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. So he'll be a spring 59-and-a-half-year-old chick when he gets out of jail.
