[ExI] texas county judge demands residents wear bananas

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 12:47, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 10:07, spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> >…Suppose a new virus emerges which will infect anyone that comes within
> 10 metres of an asymptomatic carrier, unless the carrier is wearing a mask,
> and this virus will kill half of the people who are infected. If everyone
> wears a mask, then in a few weeks the virus will disappear. Given this
> information, most people will probably voluntarily wear a mask, but not
> all. Are you saying there is no legal mechanism to enforce mask wearing,
> with the result that either half the population will die or the economy
> will permanently shut down because everyone is too afraid to go outside?
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> Legal mechanism in that case, not that I know of.  A president has the
> power to declare martial law, which would give him extraordinary legal
> powers, but there are some really really good reasons to not do that.  The
> possibility that a president could declare martial law is a good reason why
> Americans are heavily armed: under those conditions there aren’t enough
> military, so the militia is in charge of keeping order in their absence or
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> As far as I know, there is nothing analogous to declaring extraordinary
> war powers that apply at the state level to governors.  I have never heard
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> Your scenario brings fresh meaning into the comment “…A well-regulated
> militia, being necessary to the security of a free state…”  The threat of
> the Federal government attempting to seize extra-constitutional powers and
> take over the country is always one that must be taken very seriously.
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So you are saying that if my scenario occurs, that will be the end of the
United States?


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Stathis Papaioannou
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