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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
SilverSolder:
Does this have anything to do with "statutory rights", or is that something else? ::)
PlainName:
--- Quote ---IT IS NOT A THREAD ABOUT STATUES but there you are talking about US and THEM and statues.
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It kind of is, because the statues thing is an indicator of problems that do (or will) affect us at work. The underlying problem is showing up in the other thread where pretty soon we won't be able to use the b***k word in even comments, never mind code or pin names. Statues is another manifestation of that.
Whether any of this is because of coronavirus is difficult to say. The suggestion earlier that it's happened because we have too much time on our hands along with cabin fever, not to mention decent weather (although you can't blame the virus for that one) may have legs.
DrG:
Listen I really have to apologize. I was just way out of line and I am truly sorry so let me go on record here as sincerely sorry to snap like that.
Yes, we need to talk about statues more and yes, the thread is certainly about statues - anybody can see that, I don't know what was wrong with me, but I have seen the statue.
Please share with me your passions about statues, stories about statues that may have fallen on your head when you were young, catching your parents in bed with statues, whatever it is, please know that I really want to hear about it because it is important and because I care - I feel your statue pain, your anxieties about statues, your despair over statues. Humanity is being corrupted by Automatonophobia. If I am elected, I promise that we will have more statues and they will be cleaned often. We will never let them take our statues! :) :) :) :)
nctnico:
--- Quote from: james_s on July 08, 2020, 07:55:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: DrG on July 08, 2020, 07:21:30 pm ---Nobody cares about a bunch of ^%$ing statues - they are WAYYYYYY down on the list pal - no matter how much you desperately need to create a a deception that THEY are out to get US and are statues.
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A lot of us care quite a bit about statues, even those of us who have long openly criticized the orange one. I'm personally worried because I abhor senseless vandalism and I wonder where it will end. Don't fall into the trap of believing there are only two camps and that you speak for everyone in one of them.
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IMHO you are both right. In the light of the Corona pandemic statues are the last thing we should be concerned about and people shouldn't go out and tear statues (or anything else) down.
Statues of people should also be put in the right perspective and that is often lost in history. A more recent example is the statue of Arthur 'Bomber' Harris. The English RAF commander who was in charge of large bombardments of German cities which caused a great number of civilian cassualties in WW2. Some people say those bombings where uncalled for. I had the chance to ask my grandfather's opinion. Since he witnessed the horrors of the war first hand while being a forced laborer in Berlin he had a good view on what was actually happening and why. His opinion: 'They should have dropped more bombs. Anyone claiming otherwise is a complete and utter moron.'
But this is getting wildly offtopic. I'm calling Godwin's law since we ended up with nazis >:D
maginnovision:
--- Quote from: DrG on July 08, 2020, 09:24:16 pm ---Please share with me your passions about statues, stories about statues...
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Let me tell you about D&D then...
Realistically the outrage culture we're seeing right now, in any form it takes, is likely to be spurred on by COVID lockdowns, loneliness, depression, etc... They have nothing else to think about so it's all some people do. You start perceiving slights that aren't real, seeing racism in statues of black men, demanding people change their "racist" language so they don't spread racism like COVID. This will all filter back to peoples work if it hasn't already. I know Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube employees are definitely going to change things with their work due to the spreading COVID madness. It could be unrelated but seeing these things wax and wane over the years repeatedly this time seems different and it's definitely more widespread.
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