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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:25AM (#24046928)
No cop is going to be hiding behind a tree while you are alone in the woods. When you are walking your dog, you are passing by numerous people on a sidewalk? If so, wear a mask. If not, no copper is going to be hiding in the bushes running a mask check. We can have the same balance we have with cars. Most people vaguely obey something close to the speed limit and sometimes people who are way over or just unlucky get nabbed and it happens often enough that (again), most people obey closely enough. Mask usage doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than florida, texas, and southern california (LA county and surrounding) are doing it. That's not a high hurdle.
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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by thu2111 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:43AM (#24047939)
Most people haven't got the message yet that governments are acting irrationally. If governments mandate a mask law, then everyone becomes a cop. The other dog walker you see on the path, who is terrified of what they think is a disease that has killed 7% of the population[1], will report you and because it's the law you'll be punished even though it makes no sense.

Look, we're in an environment where rationality has disappeared. Now is not the time to be radically changing human interaction, possibly forever, on the basis of atrociously poor statistics and data handling.

[1] https://www.kekstcnc.com/media/2793/kekstcnc_research_covid-...

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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:08AM (#24050738)
" The other dog walker you see on the path, who is terrified of what they think is a disease that has killed 7% of the population[1], will report you and because it's the law you'll be punished even though it makes no sense."

Sorry but this is utter nonsense. The authorities don't have time to track down every citizen-reported non-mask wearer. You are imagining a deep-state dystopia that simply does not exist.

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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by majkinetor on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:19PM (#24052226)
Is it really ? How far removed is that from angry mob that will cancel you in situ ?
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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by hcknwscommenter on Thursday August 06, 2020 @03:35PM (#24074596)
Yes it is really nonsense. No law enforcement is going to issue a fine on some informant's say so. When you drive over the speed limit, do people "report" you? No. As far as "cancel." Frankly, I have no idea what you are talking about. Unless you are a public figure, I would posit there is no such thing.
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