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Two letters arrived at Positive Nation in green ink, from someone with a false name and a psychiatric history. But the splendid rants of self-proclaimed 'dismal old fart' Mr Dick Splash challenged us and made us laugh. Here they are - condensed but only slightly censored

I hope you have no trouble reaching for the waste bin, but until my ire

abates or dementia completely takes over, I can't wait for the readers' survey to get a few things on to paper.
I am an HIV positive middle-aged misfit. Many of my thoughts will be unpalatable to the prudish, politically correct, mostly youngish smart-alecks that seem to rule the HIV roost these days. They will probably censor anything that they disapprove of.
There are many good things about Positive Nation. News, information, mind-broadening, worthy, humane and beneficial articles, and clear print.
But there is a whiff of pressure to exclude some of us, coming from people who fear that we may frighten the horses/heterosexuals/Africans/vulnerable youth/funding bodies, whoever.
The last words in the previous issue were: "Remember to chew parsley after to neutralise the garlic pong". It ain't pong, it's a delicious fragrance.
If you can't handle garlic just think of the problems you might be having with tattoos,

torn jeans, camp behaviour, piercing, cottaging, fisting. Anyway, garlic breath might lead to you meeting interesting people with other cultures.