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I think strawmaning each other won't lead to any useful discussion.

• Fjolsvith 6y ago
  How does my example not apply to the lockdown?
  • harimau777 6y ago
    Drunk driving is not contagious. In addition, drunk driving is a relatively controlled problem. That is, a relatively small percentage of the population do it and law enforcement is able to police it with a reasonable degree of success. On the other hand, it we had an epidemic of drunk driving where say 20% of the people on the road were driving drunk then it very well may make sense for the government to barricade the roads until they got things under control.
    • gregimba 6y ago
      I don't think you realize how common drunk driving in in rural areas. 20% of the people on the road after 6-7 pm could be drunk in certain areas. Edit: Found this as a support source, while not 20% roughly 2x the rate in rural vs urban areas https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30160320 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30160320
      • senectus1 6y ago
        that doesn't change the fact that you cant "catch" being drunk by being in the vicinity of someone who didn't know they were drunk.
        • Fjolsvith 6y ago
          You've not been to wild parties, I guess.
    • IfIEverCatchYou 6y ago
      You argue that allowing free commerce on the highways is okay with a relatively small percentage of the population being dangerous to others. And yet you argue that allowing free commerce in America is not okay with a population that is dangerous to a relatively small percentage of the population.
      • TeMPOraL 6y ago
        Different amount of percentages. You're not killing 1% of your population and permanently disabling another 10% every year to support free commerce.
        • Fjolsvith 6y ago
          In three months we've permanently disabled 10% of the populace? Where did you read that?