Which is more important: AID Reasearch or Sasquatch Hunting?

So, days ago, a kid I know decides to come up with the following topic for debate, He says:

We should stop donating our school's extra money to AID research and fund it towards the hunt for Sasquatch.

I'm not exactly sure if he's serious.

Which do you think is more important? Honestly, I'm somewhere in between. I mean, it wouldn't exactly be a waiste of the school's money, they donated to the search for weapons of mass destruction and didn't find any.

It's a risk worth taking.

Where to begin.

......Should I?

..................Sasquatch...?

Well obviously finding a non-existent creature is more important than developing a treatment/cure for a disorder that kills a child every minute. That goes without saying.

pffft... you're only saying it's nonexistent because you haven't seen one.... maybe Sasquatchies... (sasquie?... what's the plural for sasquatch?) lol... anyway... maybe they hold the key to curing many diseases.... maybe they haven't been seen much because they're highly advanced in technology, allowing them to cloak themselves from us hairless apes..... maybe they taste good with pepper sauce

or maybe they dont exist😐

the money is far better spent on AIDS research

Originally posted by RedAlertv2
or maybe they dont exist😐

the money is far better spent on AIDS research

You guys arent thinking......If you catch sasquatch there is a possiblity that they might have a cure for it... It can be in the blood..........lol

Originally posted by Scoobless
pffft... you're only saying it's nonexistent because you haven't seen one.... maybe Sasquatchies... (sasquie?... what's the plural for sasquatch?) lol... anyway... maybe they hold the key to curing many diseases.... maybe they haven't been seen much because they're highly advanced in technology, allowing them to cloak themselves from us hairless apes..... maybe they taste good with pepper sauce

ur sig creeps me out. its just scary...

You're all short-sighted. There are plentyof documented "non-existing" species that have been found before. Take a look around on the net, or on Biology sites (not those stupid mystical ones either 🙄).

And, aids.

I noticed in the paper today that some guy 'cured himself' of the HIV virus, which is unprecendented.

Normally if the virus isn't present in a test, the antibodies that are fighting it will be. He had neither.

Neither. Send the money to something more worthwhile, like curing cancer or making people not suck so much.

Lol

MAYBE SASQUATCH HAS THE KEY TO CURING AIDS

LOL

Originally posted by HigH ScholaR
Lol

MAYBE SASQUATCH HAS THE KEY TO CURING AIDS

LOL

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I noticed in the paper today that some guy 'cured himself' of the HIV virus, which is unprecendented.

Normally if the virus isn't present in a test, the antibodies that are fighting it will be. He had neither.

I saw a documentary in school about a disease that affects cats (mostly big cats) which is similar to AIDS. During a study of the disease, they found that some have cells which don't have the right size receptors to let the virus in, or something along those lines... They said it's possible that some humans could have the same type of resistance to HIV. Not that this has anything to do with the thread.

Whether or not Sasquatch exists has nothing to do with the question. The question is, "which is more important, looking for an animal that may or may not exist, or working on curing a lethal disease that has killed millions of people?" The answer should be obvious.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I noticed in the paper today that some guy 'cured himself' of the HIV virus, which is unprecendented.

Normally if the virus isn't present in a test, the antibodies that are fighting it will be. He had neither.

the reasons for the negative on the second test is still unclear, but it is certainly interesting. there are false positives in in the test, often, and apparently there can also be false negatives. they need the guy to come back in to find out what is REALLY going on.

as far as saquatch -- i'm not prepared to definitively say some sort of ape-like hominid DOESN'T exist. however, i feel completely comfortable in saying -- that's interesting, but let's wipe out the things that are killing us first.

THEN we can head out into the woods and mountains and look for whatever we want . . .

Well, AIDS research, without a doubt.

But, I don't think that Bigfoot research is publically funded. On top of that, the government of several states have passed laws that provide for the creatures as a 'protected species'.

So, according to our government, it exists...the cure/prevention for AIDS does not.

I never understood how the state governments could pass laws to protect a creature that may or may not exist. That's like saying that it's illegal to talk to ghosts or shoot at aliens.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I noticed in the paper today that some guy 'cured himself' of the HIV virus, which is unprecendented.

Normally if the virus isn't present in a test, the antibodies that are fighting it will be. He had neither.

I heard that too, I also heard that they are unsure if the original test was flawed or that his body actually fought it off and killed it. I look forward to se how this develops.

Recently I was watching T.V. and this news station did a flashback (to 1984 I think) where a Dr. was doing a press conference about the AIDS epidemic. What I thought was amusing (not in a ha ha way) was how he said that they should have a cure for it in approximatley 2 years. He was a little off it seems.

I think people are taking the Sasquatch reference a little too seriously, but I'll chime in on the big hairy guy just to be part of the 'gang'. As for Sasquatch, leave them alone. If they don't exist then it would be a colossal waste of time looking for them. If they do exist, I'd rather we left them alone so as humans are not responsible for f*cking up another species like we so often do.

i think funding should be applied to researching sasquatches with aids.

Originally posted by PVS
i think funding should be applied to researching sasquatches with aids.

It was only a matter of time before someone said this.