Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge

Re:Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge by djsumdog on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:11PM (#25638116)

Gathering is a basic human right:

     Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

There is no reason stated. There is no exception for "virus." Human rights laws were not written for fair weather. They were written for crisis and disaster.

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Re:Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge by 0xffff2 on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:54PM (#25638762)

Quoting the US constitution in a thread about the UK doesn't make much sense. Is there a similar legal doctrine in the UK?

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Re:Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge by jeofken on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:19PM (#25639061)

Our natural rights are God-given and true since all men are equal children of creation, and thus no man has the right to stand above any other and deny them their right to speech or to gather.

I am the property of myself and have the sole right of ownership - not anyone employed by the state.

This was worded well by the writers of the American constitution, but the idea is as old as time - it’s the idea of universalist ethics.

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Re:Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge by f6v on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:13AM (#25645127)

Well, maybe God wants the government to lock you up. How do you know?

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Re:Covid: New lockdown for England as cases surge by jeofken on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:53PM (#25648461)

It’s colourful language, I’d advice reading it as such

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