| Author |
|
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132396
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 7:50am | IP Logged | 1
|
post reply
|
|
People are selfish and stupid. Let them all out to mix and mingle. The self-cleaning oven.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
James Johnson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 March 2009
Location: United States
Posts: 2070
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 8:07am | IP Logged | 2
|
post reply
|
|
There's a joke going around..
" What borders on stupidity?"
"Canada and Mexico! "
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Brian Miller
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 30916
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 8:51am | IP Logged | 3
|
post reply
|
|
My thoughts exactly, JB.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
James Woodcock
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 7654
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 9:36am | IP Logged | 4
|
post reply
|
|
And once again, Trump, when asked directly, chose to say
he sympathises with them rather than saying they are in
the wrong. Knowing this will embolden them in their
stupidity, but gain him support from the lack of frontal
lobe brigade.
Charletsville all over again
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
Peter Martin
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 15837
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 9:37am | IP Logged | 5
|
post reply
|
|
People are selfish and stupid. Let them all out to mix and mingle.The self-cleaning oven. --------------------------------- But one unfortunate corollary of this is hell for health workers and a huge risk from anyone needing medical attention of any kind. Also, not a sound choice when we have the virus restricted to very small portion of the population.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Steve De Young
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 April 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 3491
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 10:28am | IP Logged | 6
|
post reply
|
|
Have you seen the massive lines of cars at food banks? 22 million people are newly unemployed. Not knowing how you're going to feed your family or pay your rent/mortgage in this situation isn't selfish. People are scared. Removing all restrictions isn't the answer. But unless someone comes up with an answer, and fast, this civil unrest is only going to intensify. Unemployed young men, in particular, are not going to voluntarily remain in their homes without food for very long. We're cruising toward Weimar Germany level unemployment. No democracy in history has ever survived that.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Greg McPhee
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 August 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 5065
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 11:06am | IP Logged | 7
|
post reply
|
|
The US and UK Governments have mishandled this crisis from Day One.
Trump and Johnson are both culpable in this, and their arrogance and dismissive attitudes have only fueled this.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Brandon Frye
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 November 2004
Posts: 1319
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 11:42am | IP Logged | 8
|
post reply
|
|
QUOTE:
| Removing all restrictions isn't the answer. But unless someone comes up with an answer, and fast, this civil unrest is only going to intensify. Unemployed young men, in particular, are not going to voluntarily remain in their homes without food for very long. |
|
|
This is what I've been telling people who are suggesting a 'lockdown' of 12 months or more.
Anyone who thinks people are going to happily bunker down in their homes for anything close to a year is in for a rude awakening. We will be lucky if patience holds up for even half of that.
The protests we are starting to see are only the tip of the iceberg. This goes on too long and we'll see a civil unrest like nothing we've seen before, and it won't just be Trump-supporting Right-Winger's.
Selfishness it may be, but we would do well to remember that selfishness is a human trait and not just a Republican or Conservative one.
When the weeks turn into months and the anger and frustration reach a boiling point, people are going to stop caring about the risks involved.
I'm not saying it's right, but the writing is on the wall.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Bryan Eacret
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 08 February 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 744
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 11:51am | IP Logged | 9
|
post reply
|
|
The government needs to start paying people in full to stay home if they can't work. It was stated at the beginning that money would not be a problem, since they can just print it. My company could only pay people two weeks of "Covid Time", based on the package the government released. Two weeks has been burned off by most of our employees already. Unemployment pay does not cover the rent in the SF Bay Area. The stimulus check doesn't either. If we want people to stay home make sure they can still live.
Also, the government does not help anyone if they can't put up a united front. Too many politician spouting conspiracy nonsense or keeping with the party line. Our Supreme Leader posted on Twitter this morning (along with other garbage that doesn't help): "Liberate Minnesota" "Liberate Michigan" "Liberate Virginia, and save your great 2nd amendment. It's under siege" What does this mean? Riot to make sure you can go back to work? Crazy.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
James Woodcock
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 7654
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | 10
|
post reply
|
|
What’s the 2nd amendment got to do with this? Is he telling people to
take up arms over this?
Is that where he wants this to go?
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
e-mail
|
| |
John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 132396
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | 11
|
post reply
|
|
Invoking the Second Amendment is a sure way to get a rise out of the knuckle draggers. They's too dim to be able to tell one cause from another.
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
Tim O Neill
Byrne Robotics Security
Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 10931
|
| Posted: 17 April 2020 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | 12
|
post reply
|
|
I'm all for natural selection, but opening up areas too early puts people at risk
who are not choosing to be out, especially paycheck to paycheck workers who
rely on these jobs. People who work at Buffalo Wild Wings should not die over
buffalo wings - we should all agree that is not OK to make them be there for
something so unessential. I admit I have said that their wings are to die for,
but I did not mean it literally!
|
| Back to Top |
profile
| search
|
| |
