Re: How does lockdown with 8pm to 5am curfew sound? with soldiers on the streets.. Archived Message
Posted by dereklane on August 18, 2020, 9:13 am, in reply to "How does lockdown with 8pm to 5am curfew sound? with soldiers on the streets.."
Aside from this (I pointed that out recently to my worried mum in oz), I'm a little disappointed in reactions here to what is a worrying trend of polemic reaction when even a post about the psychological effect of social distancing in humans (and children) is dismissed and ridiculed. Have we lost our compassion? Can we not care both about the old and infirm and everyone else at the same time? I honestly didn't think I would see the day where folk here were dismissing police state policies as an irrelevance because of concern for a bigger picture! My friends and I discussed last night the social effects of withdrawing even the simple act of shaking hands or a hug from a friend. Not least because those gestures (I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do? They're really saying I love you..) have been withdrawn from the most socially vulnerable people - I've seen more violence and discontent in this small town in the last few months than the rest of the time since I moved here. People are stressed, lonely and more broken than ever. If we think that's ok, and worth holding onto, I think we've forgotten that basic Vonnegut tenet. Children are tactile creatures with rapidly developing minds. To pretend that sd is irrelevant in the face of the potential disaster for the old tells me that even here (as with everywhere else) there is a belief that the world belongs to the old. At least some nuance to such argument would be a positive thing. Like asking for example, what can we do to ensure that the young and the socially/mentally vulnerable are not negatively impacted by our own desire to survive?
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- Scientology is a gaslighting cult - not hosting that here - dan - rippon August 17, 2020, 6:30 pm
- Putting your bollocks in a vice is a military torture tactic - Keith-264 August 17, 2020, 6:59 pm
- Dropping bombs on civilians is a torture tactis, I'll take social distancing- nm - psingh August 17, 2020, 9:35 pm
- WW2 generation would laught at you! - Shyaku August 17, 2020, 10:43 pm
- Fascinating - interesting and highly pertinent - thanks, Rippon... - Si August 18, 2020, 11:19 am
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