For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity

Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by luckylion on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:09PM (#22731202)

> since you're willing to sacrifice random strangers for your own comfort

Come on, so are you, and so is everybody. Are you ready to not have modern life because traffic deaths of random strangers are necessarily part of the package?

This whole situation turns this site into Twitter, another corona victim.

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Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by zentiggr on Monday March 30, 2020 @11:56PM (#22734815)

Wow. You seriously think I'm that selfish? Or that I'm any less serious about wanting better for everyone even when it's not on this site? I'm not exactly deprived in my 95 percent home situation, but yes I'll give up whatever i need to if friends family and strangers everywhere survive because of what we do.

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Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by luckylion on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:14AM (#22735286)

> I'll give up whatever i need to if friends family and strangers everywhere survive because of what we do.

So a homestead, amish-style, it is?

I do understand the sentiment, but we (as a society and individually) absolutely accept that strangers will die because of how we (as a society and individually) live. We just don't like to speak or think about it, because it's not compatible with our self-image as selfless, hyper-moral beings. But given the choice between a super market nearby and zero traffic deaths in the country, we all know which on we will choose.

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