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Well it's easy to say this about summer but in the winter you have no options. It's too cold to hang out outside, play sports or whatever. You could hand out a
by kungito 6y ago
Well it's easy to say this about summer but in the winter you have no options. It's too cold to hang out outside, play sports or whatever. You could hand out at each other's houses but people prefer to have neutral ground where no one has to prepare for everyone else
- 3np 6y agoIn some countries, you're even forbidden from having visitors in your home.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIn some countries you get put in a concentration camp if your religion is the wrong one. Does that make it acceptable in your country?
- _uwiz 6y agoYep, the UK went full authoritarian pretty much straight out of the gate, it's been illegal for me to have anyone in my house for 97 days now (and was also illegal or heavily restricted a number of times before that)
- Nursie 6y ago> Yep, the UK went full authoritarian pretty much straight out of the gate We really didn't. Had we done that, we may have succeeded in controlling this thing. Instead what happened was too little, too late, over and over again the government shut the stable door after the horse bolted.
- _uwiz 6y agoedit: Nah, I'd rather we go back in time and not normalize draconian, authoritarian restrictions on everyday life.
- Nursie 6y agoWe closed things down too late, this is pretty well understood. The last lockdown was imposed when it was, essentially, because the powers that be wanted christmas retail open, and christmas day to happen, when cases were already massively on the rise. I'm not saying "it wasn't harsh enough", I'm saying that every time it's been done too late, and ramped up too slowly. It could have been shorter and well controlled had it been sooner, like it has been in other countries. There's no need to be so incivil. Perhaps think about your own words.
- _uwiz 6y agoedit: Nah, I'd rather we go back in time and not normalize draconian, authoritarian restrictions on everyday life.
- Nursie 6y agoNo, I'm quite seriously talking about how it should have been done sooner, and if it had been, could have been shorter. I'm sorry you're so upset about this. It's not easy on any of us and it's been handled appallingly. But there really is no need to call someone that disagrees with you a "lockdown ####" and fantasise about violence upon them.