[ExI] Some virus statistics

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 03:17, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >…And in fact no church meetings have been broken up (have they?) or
> anyone arrested for meeting (same Q).  bill w
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> What if… a church meeting were to be broken up and people arrested?  Then
> we would be in a situation where people can riot, loot and burn without
> consequences, but cannot meet to pray to their favorite deity.
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> Those of you who know of apocalyptic thought: this is exactly what they
> have been teaching will happen just before their favorite deity returns
> from wherever she has been visiting the wicked with burning wrath and
> saving the faithful.  It would boost those extremists notions like nothing
> we have ever seen.  It would invite the obvious strategy: just carry
> protest signs to church.  Or get a pile of trash and firewood out front,
> set it on fire and claim that it is a riot, therefore legal.  Our legal
> system would be releasing actual convicted rapists and murderers to make
> space in prison for… churchgoers.
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> Honest to evolution, American government power has its inherent limits at
> all levels, for a good reason.  We are not subjects of the king.  We are
> not servants of the government.  We are free people.  If another country is
> reporting a lower covid rate because they have the authority to order the
> people to do this or that, Americans are still a free people.
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> If we hand the government dictatorial powers in order to save us from
> covid, we have a lot bigger problems than covid.  American who covet the
> power that other governments have, most Americans have the option to
> immigrate to those countries and revel in their newfound serfdom.  I choose
> freedom.  I choose a form of government which limits its own power.  I
> choose self-reliance, responsibility and accountability for my actions.
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Are you opposed to other rules designed to protect people, like obeying
traffic lights?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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