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It feels like the lesson here is that enforcement with arrests is going to provoke a backlash, whereas convincing people it's good for them is a better strategy
by dnautics 7y ago
It feels like the lesson here is that enforcement with arrests is going to provoke a backlash, whereas convincing people it's good for them is a better strategy.
- DSingularity 7y agoOnly if you assume people never change. I’m willing to bet people would respond differently today - in times where a record will severely impact your career potential.
- scollet 7y agoThis is not okay considering non-violent offense is heavily prosecuted, especially among minority communities. Please consider a more nuanced argument.
- dsl 7y agohttps://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-emotion https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-emotion
- otterley 7y agoIt’s not being charged as a felony.
- azernik 7y agoTo me it seems the opposite - persuasion didn't get people to wear masks, and enforcement did.
- dnautics 7y agoyes, that's because you're reading it the way the author wants you to. There are other ways to read the same set of facts.
- azernik 7y agoSure. I just happen to agree with the author's reading and disagree with yours. You're placing a very high weight on relatively mild side effects (a small amount of political dissent and violence), and a low weight on the main effects (a reduction in R0 for the duration of the measures). One bomb, which would have killed maybe low-single-digit numbers of people if it had worked; and a demonstration which erased the effects of maybe a half a week of compulsory mask-wearing.