Quiztime: Can anyone explain what the lockdown is supposed to accomplish?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by wildchild, Apr 21, 2020.

  1. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

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    #41     Apr 23, 2020
  2. Here's a thought. Maybe you should go to one of those densely-packed dissenting rallies and hug someone who's "coughy/sneezy." Really get in there. And then, you'll know. And you won't have to take anyone else's word for it.

     
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    #42     Apr 23, 2020
  3. And so the whole planet is in on it? Cool.
     
    #43     Apr 23, 2020
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  4. I think at least 50 to 60 Countried are in knockdown due to Corona..

    Let me guess..this is also an organized conspiracy to get rid of Trump and is the fault of the Democrats...

    Makes sense because my friend in Dominican Republic called me and told me there lockdown was extended to May 15th and asked whether they succeeded in hurting Trump and they are just waiting for instructions from Biden and Pelosi as to whether they should extend it.
     
    #44     Apr 23, 2020
  5. Yeah, they really look like specimens of health. Seems to me she's holding up her own death warrant.
     
    #45     Apr 23, 2020
  6. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Lets play the game of traders with no concept of math again. And the USA is what percentage of the world?

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    #46     Apr 23, 2020
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  7. Trump is confusing me....is quarantine only good when he can criticize others?

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    #47     Apr 23, 2020
  8. A statistically insignificant percentage. If every American died the rest of the world would go on and if you told them to choose between their own survival and watching us all die we'd be dead by sunset which would be the prudent decision even considering without us they'd struggle for awhile. The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few...always. To do otherwise condemns the many to needless pain and suffering on a scale from which there is no return. Where's the humanity in that?
     
    #48     Apr 23, 2020
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  9. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Yes, the US would not be missed for long if it vanished. The world would turn. Captain Kirk taught us that eschewing utilitarianism to watch out for needs of the few, giving it the old college try, makes us "human", better.

    The issue in the US at the moment is not utilitarianism with a hope to save the weak as well but hedonistic utilitarians, those for who the greater good goes out the window when they are the one to pay the price?
     
    #49     Apr 23, 2020
  10. True enough. Personal sacrifice does have a breaking point especially when something more than lip service is required.
     
    #50     Apr 23, 2020
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