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That's fair, but the distinction does get blurry. In Auckland over time we have had: 1. Government suggesting that wearing masks on public transport would be g
by roca 6y ago
That's fair, but the distinction does get blurry. In Auckland over time we have had:
1. Government suggesting that wearing masks on public transport would be good
2. Government asking everyone to wear masks on public transport
3. Government issuing a legally backed health order requiring everyone to wear masks on public transport, but saying police will take an "educative approach", i.e. no actual enforcement
4. Government legally requiring everyone to wear masks and the police actually enforcing it a little bit but mostly not
Theoretically we could have
5. Government enforcing mask usage rigorously.
Apparently some people think that at some point we crossed a line that was really important, but was it #3, #4, or #5, and why?
- zepto 6y agoWhen a word has a range of meanings and people aren’t sure precisely what someone else means, they ask questions to find out what their interlocutor is referring to. Perhaps if you are leading an organization or have some legal authority, you can insist on a precise definition to be used in a particular context, but in general public discourse, attempts to do that are typically ineffective.