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To quote Bill Bailey on lockdowns: > Then people go, "It’s like Nazi Germany, these lockdowns". Yes, because that’s what the Nazis are known for, isn’t it? Mil
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
To quote Bill Bailey on lockdowns:
> Then people go, "It’s like Nazi Germany, these lockdowns". Yes, because that’s what the Nazis are known for, isn’t it? Mild inconvenience.
- thenewnormal 5y agoMonths of house arrest, especially for those of us with young children, was not a "mild inconvenience".
- EdwardDiego 5y agoI have six children from 5 to 17 in my blended household, I know how much lockdowns suck. But lockdowns prevented our healthcare systems being overwhelmed thus causing many more excess deaths, and protected vulnerable people like my wife who has heart failure, where a Covid infection is highly likely to lead to death. So, I genuinely thank you for abiding by the lockdowns, I know how difficult they were, but your doing so saved the lives of many people like my wife, so I really do appreciate it, and acknowledge that it was hard.
- tinus_hn 5y ago> Mild inconvenience > I know how much lockdowns suck > and acknowledge that it was hard. Flip flopping through the arguments as it seems fit. Contradiction is your new reality.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoI was quoting, ad verbatim, a comedian's response to hysterical comparisons of the current situation to Nazi Germany, in the context of people doing exactly that. If you can't distinguish Bill Bailey's choice of words from mine, that's a you problem.
- tinus_hn 5y agoYou were using someone elses words as your arguments, and then directly contradicting these words. If you have abandoned logic, that’s fine but that’s a you problem.
- NoPie 5y agoIt was not only hard, but it was also pointless in many cases. Spain did not allow children to go out for about 2 months even though there was a little reason to do that because outdoor activities pose very little risk. No one from policy makers have admitted this mistake or even apologised, and there is still denial that it was a wrong measure. The state had to pay back all fines collected from rule breakers but it was only due to legal technicality.
- thenewnormal 5y agoWhat is a "blended household"? I was only allowed my regular household, so just the 3 (then 4) of us confined inside our own walls for months. >lockdowns prevented our healthcare systems being overwhelmed thus causing many more excess deaths It is impossible to know if this is true. That is - if shutting healthy infants, children, young adults, and healthy adults in their own homes for months had any net gain. Personally, I've only seen downsides. Friends (also with kids) that have had latent mental health issues come to light, family losing their jobs and livelihoods, etc etc.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoBlended as in my wife and I both had children already when we married.
- tinus_hn 5y agoThey’re particularly known for democratically establishing a dictatorship. Oh, and for keeping their parks safe from untermenschen, of course.