Meanwhile, in Cincinnati
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 13:36 last edited by Mik 4 Aug 2020, 13:37
Getting serious about the stay at home order.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 13:38 last edited by
Good. Learn from our mistakes.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 13:41 last edited by Mik 4 Aug 2020, 13:42
I'd love, love, love to go for a long scenic drive in Southern Ohio today but I am afraid of running afoul of some rural LEO with nothing to do and ending up in jail. a drive is of no risk to anyone. A jail cell is.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 13:58 last edited by LuFins Dad 4 Aug 2020, 13:59
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 14:04 last edited by
They've been told explicitly to try to avoid arrests and fines if at all possible. And look at the numbers: they're doing that. Look into the arrests and tell me those people didn't deserve to be incarcerated.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 14:07 last edited by Mik 4 Aug 2020, 14:08
Yes, but with the letter of the law, so would I. Never put yourself in disadvantaged situations.
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They've been told explicitly to try to avoid arrests and fines if at all possible. And look at the numbers: they're doing that. Look into the arrests and tell me those people didn't deserve to be incarcerated.
wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 14:35 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer I get it, and I didn’t necessarily disagree with the actions, I just commented that I do worry about where this leads. We all should. When have we ever seen centralized authority willingly release power they were given?
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@Aqua-Letifer I get it, and I didn’t necessarily disagree with the actions, I just commented that I do worry about where this leads. We all should. When have we ever seen centralized authority willingly release power they were given?
wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 15:21 last edited by Aqua Letifer 4 Aug 2020, 15:23@LuFins-Dad said in Meanwhile, in Cincinnati:
@Aqua-Letifer I get it, and I didn’t necessarily disagree with the actions, I just commented that I do worry about where this leads. We all should. When have we ever seen centralized authority willingly release power they were given?
The more freedom and liberty we flex during this, the higher the body count. That's just how it is. Personal freedoms guarantee that the asshats who don't take this seriously will put others at risk. And then there are scads of folks who think they're being safe but aren't in the least, because without a government mandate, they don't understand what a radical change of behavior that requires.
I'm just saying that that's the calculation. I agree with you about how troubling it is.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2020, 17:08 last edited by
Our personal freedoms end at the range of a droplet-riding virus.