On 06 Apr 2020 at 12:36p, Gerhard Strangar pondered and said...
 
 GS> DC> This is the thing that haters just don't understand.  When
 GS> DC> you live in a society, it's a cooperative thing: the society
 GS> DC> gives you benefits with respect to safety and security, and
 GS> DC> you in turn, give up some of your rights to participate.
 GS> 
 GS> How about being treated like an adult and being allowed to do something
 GS> at your own risk?

That's just the thing of it.  It's not just your OWN risk, is the
risk of the entire community.  And when it comes to that, people
have shown over and over again that they just cannot act like adults.

 GS> Right now, some states lock up their whole people, because 1
 GS> out of 1000 is infected. 999 need to stay at home for no reason. Meaning
 GS> 99.9% are "guilty unless proven
 GS> I grew up in a time when all of what I have to see right now only
 GS> existed "on the other side" (meaning in the Soviet sector of Germany).

COVID-19 doesn't care about your political belief system.  It
doesn't care whether you grew up in the DDR or Montana.  It
doesn't care what color your skin is, what god you pray to, or
who you vote for.

There are no crimes here; it's a matter of public health and
safety.  This isn't the first time we've done similar things
in the US, just the first time in living memory.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/29 (Windows/32)