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Originally Posted by DumbosTrunk
This wasn't my policy, it was that of every other casino opening in Florida. This particular casino decided to be the lone wolf. So in my mind, it can eat berries.
There's no such thing as business as usual for the foreseeable future. There will be uncomfortable changes on many levels involving public life until we get this thing under control, hopefully over the next several months. That's evident by the precautions sensibly taken by most Florida casinos. Things just are not the same, for good reason. People are dying in record numbers; this pandemic is an international crisis. The U.S. military is on lock-down. Even the President of the United States is taking medicine for this thing. He's not even denying the threat it poses to him.
It's not a matter of whether I, personally, as a 32-year-old white dude in excellent physical health fears this virus (I don't; in fact, I think I had it in March), but rather about the risk it poses to hundreds of thousands if not millions of high-risk individuals. I don't think we should just write them off entirely so we can live the near-future unencumbered by a little hardship. After all, hardship is much better than death.
So yes, I am proudly willing to be temporarily inconvenienced, economically and socially, to save many lives, just like hundreds of thousands were during World War II when the country put everything on hold to support our troops fighting the Axis of Evil. Meanwhile, you seem concerned about your precious "poker experience." What a selfish attitude you have. Don't you see how little you care about other people if you care more about whether you enjoy poker than whether countless strangers die?
Neither of you convincingly addressed my issue head-on anyway, instead mainly resorting to ad hominem attacks, saying I'm just another "liberal" who fears death and cannot enjoy life, so I will let it go at this point since we're talking past each other like two (three?) ships passing in the night.
You misunderstand me, I am not merely concerned about this because of my potential "poker experience". The implications of the quarantine order are much more far reaching than that. It has shut down most businesses and any major social activities. It has made finding a job impossible and put a decent percentage of people out of work. It is a sign of gross government overreach and a violation of freedom.
People are dying in record numbers? Really? 2.5 million people die every year in the United States. Most of them are old and die because of disease. Coronavirus added 100,000 to that number. Most of those people that die from it are old too. Maybe by the end of the year it will be at 250,000. So its a 10% increase in death for one year, and in return we sacrifice the quality of life for virtually everyone and permanently destroy the economy. And how many of those people that you "save" with social distancing would end up dying later on down the line from coronavirus anyway? Probably most of them. What about people who are dying of other medical conditions that cant use medical services now? Screw them, coronavirus is more important. Yes, seems like quite a good idea doesn't it?
If youre so worried about death from disease, how much money have you contributed to medical research over your life? A significant amount I hope given how much value you place on stopping it..
Last edited by spino1i; 05-22-2020 at 07:26 PM.