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> fortunately third world countries didn’t attack people from UK They didn't need to, because their governments acted responsibly and locked out the people fro

by tomp 5y ago

> fortunately third world countries didn’t attack people from UK They didn't need to, because their governments acted responsibly and locked out the people from the UK. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-travel-ban-coronavirus-variant/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/uk-travel-ban-coronav... India, Argentina, Brazil, China, Mauritius, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, ...

anaganisk 5y ago
Ah, so you conveniently just ignored the existing people who live in those countries, due to various reasons? And u think the Asians who got attacked in the first world countries were Tourists?
- tomp 5y ago
  You misunderstood my point. Or rather I didn't communicate it properly. Renaming the virus variants won't solve the root problem. Nor will racist attacks, of course, but that's just people's desperation showing, because their governments refused to implement good solutions that could solve the root problem.
  - anaganisk 5y ago
    I see your point now, but yeah when people are desperate, desperate measures are needed. We have Anti-Vaxers, Moon landing deniers. So sometimes some decisions may sound stupid, but to some degree they might help.
    - tomp 5y ago
      Maybe, but I don’t think the track record shows that. IMO the more likely consequence is that the populace continues to lose the respect and trust for their governments. This started with banning plastic straws (now you get a paper straw wrapped in plastic!) and it’s accelerated since the start of the pandemic.
      - anaganisk 5y ago
        To be fair, govts are very slow. Changes take a lot of time. What one party agrees is not met eye to eye by other. Also take an example of Cookie banners. Govt wants to do something, corps come up with BS to evade. Now to make it change a step further, it takes a lot of time and is constantly brought down by lobbies etc. At the end of the day, common man suffers. But its not just govt, at every step there is irresponsibility, greed etc.

by tomp 5y ago

anaganisk 5y ago

Ah, so you conveniently just ignored the existing people who live in those countries, due to various reasons? And u think the Asians who got attacked in the first world countries were Tourists?

tomp 5y ago
You misunderstood my point. Or rather I didn't communicate it properly. Renaming the virus variants won't solve the root problem. Nor will racist attacks, of course, but that's just people's desperation showing, because their governments refused to implement good solutions that could solve the root problem.
- anaganisk 5y ago
  I see your point now, but yeah when people are desperate, desperate measures are needed. We have Anti-Vaxers, Moon landing deniers. So sometimes some decisions may sound stupid, but to some degree they might help.
  - tomp 5y ago
    Maybe, but I don’t think the track record shows that. IMO the more likely consequence is that the populace continues to lose the respect and trust for their governments. This started with banning plastic straws (now you get a paper straw wrapped in plastic!) and it’s accelerated since the start of the pandemic.
    - anaganisk 5y ago
      To be fair, govts are very slow. Changes take a lot of time. What one party agrees is not met eye to eye by other. Also take an example of Cookie banners. Govt wants to do something, corps come up with BS to evade. Now to make it change a step further, it takes a lot of time and is constantly brought down by lobbies etc. At the end of the day, common man suffers. But its not just govt, at every step there is irresponsibility, greed etc.