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| iMo:
--- Quote from: DrG on March 31, 2020, 07:13:48 pm ---.. When I walk into a grocery store (because I have to buy food sometimes), everyone should be wearing a mask, period. That we have been unable to produce a sufficient amount of PPE given the substantial lead up time is no excuse to debate whether wearing a face mask is helpful, or worse, pontificate extraordinary circumstances that would make it a liability. It is absurd. --- End quote --- Terrorists attacking groceries.. :P https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/coronavirus-woman-charged-with-contaminating-35k-worth-food-pennsylvania-grocery-store/GHN6VBJ24NEJPN4WZY5FP7FSAM/ Edit: --- Quote ---A woman charged with terroristic threats for allegedly coughing and spitting on produce, meat and other merchandise at a Pennsylvania grocery store earlier this week was arraigned Thursday in the back of a patrol car to curb the potential threat of spreading the coronavirus. --- End quote --- |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: imo on March 31, 2020, 08:28:28 pm --- --- Quote from: DrG on March 31, 2020, 07:13:48 pm ---.. When I walk into a grocery store (because I have to buy food sometimes), everyone should be wearing a mask, period. That we have been unable to produce a sufficient amount of PPE given the substantial lead up time is no excuse to debate whether wearing a face mask is helpful, or worse, pontificate extraordinary circumstances that would make it a liability. It is absurd. --- End quote --- Terrorists attacking groceries.. :P https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/coronavirus-woman-charged-with-contaminating-35k-worth-food-pennsylvania-grocery-store/GHN6VBJ24NEJPN4WZY5FP7FSAM/ --- End quote --- I do wish people would stop devaluing the word "terrorism" by using it in connection with things that are merely criminal/stupid/whatever. There's a big hint in the word, if the action being spoken about wasn't intended to cause capitulation by a government/group of people to some demand by inspiring fear or terror in the general populace then it's not terrorism. For something to be terrorism it has to have a political element and a "causing widespread fear" element, anything else is mere criminality. The phrase "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" could not be applied to this stupid woman. |
| maginnovision:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on March 31, 2020, 09:13:49 pm --- --- Quote from: imo on March 31, 2020, 08:28:28 pm --- --- Quote from: DrG on March 31, 2020, 07:13:48 pm ---.. When I walk into a grocery store (because I have to buy food sometimes), everyone should be wearing a mask, period. That we have been unable to produce a sufficient amount of PPE given the substantial lead up time is no excuse to debate whether wearing a face mask is helpful, or worse, pontificate extraordinary circumstances that would make it a liability. It is absurd. --- End quote --- Terrorists attacking groceries.. :P https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/coronavirus-woman-charged-with-contaminating-35k-worth-food-pennsylvania-grocery-store/GHN6VBJ24NEJPN4WZY5FP7FSAM/ --- End quote --- I do wish people would stop devaluing the word "terrorism" by using it in connection with things that are merely criminal/stupid/whatever. There's a big hint in the word, if the action being spoken about wasn't intended to cause capitulation by a government/group of people to some demand by inspiring fear or terror in the general populace then it's not terrorism. For something to be terrorism it has to have a political element and a "causing widespread fear" element, anything else is mere criminality. The phrase "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" could not be applied to this stupid woman. --- End quote --- I'm not sure about the rest of the world but around here it so far seems to be terror type charges for corona people threatening and causing havoc. I don't know if they'll revise the charges if they find something that fits better or they're just trying to make examples out of people. So while I'd agree about overuse of terror(ist/ism) it's more of a legal thing in the US right now as far as these covid cases go. |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---For perspective. Of course "Confirmed" doesn't = infected. --- End quote --- For perspective, "confirmed" doesn't = survived. A number of those infected are going to die. Actually, for perspective, it turns out that 50% of the intubated infected here in the UK won't make it out of ICU. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: maginnovision on March 31, 2020, 09:17:42 pm --- --- Quote from: Cerebus on March 31, 2020, 09:13:49 pm --- --- Quote from: imo on March 31, 2020, 08:28:28 pm --- --- Quote from: DrG on March 31, 2020, 07:13:48 pm ---.. When I walk into a grocery store (because I have to buy food sometimes), everyone should be wearing a mask, period. That we have been unable to produce a sufficient amount of PPE given the substantial lead up time is no excuse to debate whether wearing a face mask is helpful, or worse, pontificate extraordinary circumstances that would make it a liability. It is absurd. --- End quote --- Terrorists attacking groceries.. :P https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/coronavirus-woman-charged-with-contaminating-35k-worth-food-pennsylvania-grocery-store/GHN6VBJ24NEJPN4WZY5FP7FSAM/ --- End quote --- I do wish people would stop devaluing the word "terrorism" by using it in connection with things that are merely criminal/stupid/whatever. There's a big hint in the word, if the action being spoken about wasn't intended to cause capitulation by a government/group of people to some demand by inspiring fear or terror in the general populace then it's not terrorism. For something to be terrorism it has to have a political element and a "causing widespread fear" element, anything else is mere criminality. The phrase "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" could not be applied to this stupid woman. --- End quote --- I'm not sure about the rest of the world but around here it so far seems to be terror type charges for corona people threatening and causing havoc. I don't know if they'll revise the charges if they find something that fits better or they're just trying to make examples out of people. So while I'd agree about overuse of terror(ist/ism) it's more of a legal thing in the US right now as far as these covid cases go. --- End quote --- I suppose it could be argued that people are terrified of Covid-19, so infecting food would it would cause fear and terror. At the very least she should be done for criminal damage, but making people believe they can catch a potentially deadly illness is more serious. |
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