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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by readingnews on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:35PM (#24217602)
> We also seem to care very little about over a million deaths, if we go with something like a 0.5% fatality rate. Puts the reaction to 9/11 and the whole "how dare you disrespect our troops" racist reaction to athletes protesting into perspective...

That is something to ponder. What does this say about us as a people? "Hey, we must retaliate, they attacked us!!" vs "Hell no I will not do one simple thing to protect others when we are all under attack from a virus." Hrm.

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by rootusrootus on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:33PM (#24219605)
> What does this say about us as a people?

Nothing. A large fraction of the population does not feel this way at all.

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by MagnumOpus on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:22AM (#24221447)
A few bad apples spoil the bunch. A society made up of people that tolerate 20% of their own to be antisocial super spreaders is rotten to the core, even if the majority behaves responsibly.

There's an analogy to US police forces there, too. And to US politicians.

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