[ExI] Some virus statistics

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 02:49, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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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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> Not at all.  I am opposed to handing Federal government dictatorial powers
> when it cannot or will not even balance its own budget during full
> prosperity and peacetime.
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> If states want to do make rules on giving themselves the authority to make
> people wear masks and so on, then states need to write that into their
> constitutions and have their legislatures vote on them.  None of that has
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I don’t know how your local laws work but I assume people can be fined by
local authorities for relatively harmless things such as not picking up
their dog’s poop, so why would fining people for not wearing a mask be more
difficult to implement?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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