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james_s:
I suspect that preventing people from protesting is difficult because the right to peaceful assembly is protected by the consitution, while fireworks and celebrating holidays are not constitutionally protected rights. I don't think the founding fathers were thinking about the threat of a global pandemic when they wrote the constitutional rights. Perhaps they didn't feel it necessary as anyone with any sense would take measures to protect themselves and others from infection but things seem to have changed. I suspect it's a combination of having a population that is too large, modern technology that spreads information around the world in seconds rather than uprisings and outrage being more isolated, and the fact that we've enjoyed generations of life being easier and more cushy than any point in human history.

maginnovision:
We also have the right to trade our labor as we please and they put a stop to that. There is absolutely zero consistency. They're threatening to revoke restaurant licenses if they offer goods and services too. I don't understand why you like to pick and choose which rights are good and which we can throw out. It's pure statism dictating the actions of supposedly free people. Did you know our tax money went towards the fireworks shows we're no longer allowed to have? You don't have to gather in large groups for fireworks because they're in the sky.

james_s:

--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 01, 2020, 05:21:32 am ---We also have the right to trade our labor as we please and they put a stop to that. There is absolutely zero consistency. They're threatening to revoke restaurant licenses if they offer goods and services too. I don't understand why you like to pick and choose which rights are good and which we can throw out. It's pure statism dictating the actions of supposedly free people. Did you know our tax money went towards the fireworks shows we're no longer allowed to have? You don't have to gather in large groups for fireworks because they're in the sky.

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Where did I say I like to pick and choose? I'm just stating reasons it may be difficult to prevent some things from a legal and logistical standpoint. If it were up to me I'd institute a consistent lockdown across the nation, close off state or county borders, close all non-essential gathering including churches and political rallies and ban the protesting too but it's not up to me and I don't know how you'd ever enforce it. They can't even keep people from burning down police stations and rampaging through cities destroying federal property and private businesses, the US government has utterly failed at it's most basic duties from the top down. The entire response to the pandemic and resulting unrest has been a chaotic train wreck mired in partisan bickering. It's a complete and utter shitshow, the rest of the world is looking at us with pity and disbelief. 

I'd love to see a good fireworks show but you know as well as I do that there would be massive gatherings in every park within view. People are already crowding the parks and beaches any time the sun is out, there's no way they're going to spread out and behave at a large attraction like that, at least not with the geography in my area.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---the rest of the world is looking at us with pity and disbelief
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Actually, we're grateful for the demo of how anywhere could be slightly worse here   :-\

rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 01, 2020, 06:00:02 am ---(...)
I'd love to see a good fireworks show but you know as well as I do that there would be massive gatherings in every park within view. People are already crowding the parks and beaches any time the sun is out, there's no way they're going to spread out and behave at a large attraction like that, at least not with the geography in my area.

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...and isn't that a right to assemble protected by the constitution as well? :-DD

Sure, maybe fireworks wouldn't happen, but if people want to go out on their Americana gear and celebrate, they can't be stopped.

Not only that, but chances of a 4th of July celebration assembly is much more likely to be peaceful than a protest.

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