05-27-2020, 02:30 AM
(05-26-2020, 07:03 PM)David Horn Wrote:(05-26-2020, 06:27 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(05-26-2020, 06:20 PM)David Horn Wrote:(05-25-2020, 08:57 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Heck, I gestured to my mask in the presence of someone not wearing a mask, and the fellow told me that COVID-19 was a triviality, a plot of media pushing "fake news".
OK, I am 64, I have been through some very rough times, and I want to get my life back together. COVID-19 gets in the way for now, but if I get it I could end up dead. But if I don't get it... I'm smart and I have a good work ethic. Life could be good again. But only if I get past COVID-19.
Idiots are idiots. There's no fix for that.
Sit back and let the idiots kill themselves?
Sadly, it may come to that, but let's avoid mayhem ourselves, okay? We should always keep in mind: masks are for others, and the idiots are getting protection they aren't offering in return. Of course, they tend to socialize with like minded others, so maybe that's okay.
Much of the problem is that in the Internet era, anything that one wants to believe is "out there" for the believing.
I am the first to admit that this is a miserable time. For many, 2020 is the worst year in their lives. What was to be a glorious event is often deferred or denied. We face hardships characteristic of a war, and we are unable to do much of what we want to do -- and much of it is highly human. Don't we all want to see a movie or a sporting event? Don;t we want to see a live concert or theater performance?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.