Re:San Francisco bans public events holding more than 1,000 ...
by pbourke on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @07:18PM
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Anyone who engages in rules lawyering (hey, my group is only 999 people, we're all good) is being unethical.
Anyone who brings a large group of people together for frivolous reasons or without taking precautions is being unethical.
What's a large group? It's like porn - you know it when you see it.
Re:San Francisco bans public events holding more than 1,000 ...
by __s on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:24PM
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To give depth here: limiting people isn't the only relevant dimension. You could argue cities are a gather of more than 1000 people. More important is density, how many people each person is expected to interact with, is there a buffet, etc. If you're running an event with 999 people, hopefully you're organizing to be less bulging at the seams with these other dimensions
In order to say "that's against the rules" but allow some leeway, you need it to be under-specified so you can enforce it selectively.
But the next part suggest you over-set the norm, so people with honest reasons can go beyond the ideal without breaking the rules and everyone has an moral duty to stay well within the specified norms.