Really? What gulags?

Aren't the people with the exaggerated sense of entitlement the ones who say "I am the guy who is entitled to know what everyone should do, and I am the special one who can do what I want whenever I want"?

Chris 249 said..
Really? What gulags?

Aren't the people with the exaggerated sense of entitlement the ones who say "I am the guy who is entitled to know what everyone should do, and I am the special one who can do what I want whenever I want"?

Yeah, agreed. People 'taking their freedom' and 'using their rights' are happily risking everyone else in this case. Its a funny one in that individually people will think 'it wont be me that spreads anything', but what if it is? Statistically it is someone..

Yep, if you look at individual odds they are quite low, but if everybody ignores them, the odds are exceedingly high for an exponential growth of cases to happen.

I got all authoritarian yesterday. I was walking the dogs and saw 8 hipster/ trust fund kids having a picnic in the park. I said "where's the social distancing people"............they looked at me like I was some old mental case............(possible) . One guy got a bit angry. Haha!

Or the Monty Python method...

"Nail some sense into them!..."

kk said..
My biggest challenge is convincing my parents who are in their late 70s that this is serious, my partners parents are in their late 80s and they think it is all very inconvenient too. We've been very blunt with them about the realities of getting this virus at their age but they don't believe it, or simply won't accept it. Funerals ain't fun

I hear you! My Mother is 82yo in a couple of weeks and is still going out when she could simply make a phone call... I think she is starting to understand how serious it is now though.

Absolutely. The big crowd at Bondi last week, the police should have been sent in, taken everyone's details and placed all bar kids on a "do not treat" list. What happened to acting for the good of everyone rather than one's puerile impulse?

Pugwash said..

log man said..
I got all authoritarian yesterday. I was walking the dogs and saw 8 hipster/ trust fund kids having a picnic in the park. I said "where's the social distancing people"............they looked at me like I was some old mental case............(possible) . One guy got a bit angry. Haha!

You ARE an old mental case...

That's why I suggested it.......... and put those smiley faces afterwards ............to make a joke............ that you've just decided try for the second time........Sheeesh!

Chris 249 said..
Really? What gulags?

Aren't the people with the exaggerated sense of entitlement the ones who say "I am the guy who is entitled to know what everyone should do, and I am the special one who can do what I want whenever I want"?

Manus island
Christmas island
Nauru
for foreigners only at the mo...

I saw the pictures on the news this evening of a few people, well separated, at a beach in Victoria, followed by a tirade about how irresponsible they were.
The forecast for tomorrow is for a nice warm windy afternoon on Jervis Bay. Guess what? I'm going out for a sail. I doubt that anyone will come within 10m of me for more than a few seconds while I rig and get on the water.
How many of you think I should be dobbed in for not staying at home?

Rails said; "Heck, we have already got some the gulags set up and operating.
Manus island
Christmas island
Nauru
for foreigners only at the mo..."

Not even close - no forced labour, no starvation rations, no beatings or torture, no executions, no political prisoners......and yes, I have been to two out of the three sites above, have you?

Harrow said..
I like the Indian model. A good caning for those that don't care about fellow citizens.

It hurts .. Part of school system...The facts versus the fiction on the types of cane gave the victim bragging rights
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