Re: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Originally Posted by
weatherweenie
Then there are those who are complaining about their liberties being taken away due to stay at home orders. Also have seen comments about, we are disrespecting those who fought and died to provide us with the liberties we enjoy. What is not mentioned is, if your behavior, actions, under the guise of liberty could threaten my, or my family's life, so be it.
It's a little like a drunk making the choice to drive.
I've seen many of those comments also.
My response to them is that in wartime, or emergencies when Martial Law is declared, ones "Liberties" are not unlimited.
The Constitution is a broad based guide and does NOT address short term emergencies.
We do have unalienable rights to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness", but what leaders of all sides (right and left) have agreed, is during emergencies, we do not have the "Liberty" to do significant harm, or death to others.
Or in this case, do we have the Liberty to make this pandemic worse, cause tens or hundreds of thousands of more deaths, and ruin the economy and our way of life, for much longer than it otherwise would be.
CURRENTLY 30% C, 20% S and 50% G (as of COB 04/11/2024) 1st April IFT
Bookmarks