Re: I'll obey, but... (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

What's weird about this particular illness is that, because the entire
group can get the disease if even a single person is infected, just
citing someone is insufficient.

Maybe at some point in the future, people will be held and forced to
take a COVID-19 test if they are found to be scofflaws.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 06:42:04 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > looking at whole thread it's about how he doesn't want illogical 
 > laws to become permanent(the police chief said he will not cite 
 > violators so why have this). but this is not a normal kind of law so 
 > I don't see that happening
 > 
 > On Wed, 20 May 2020, heather Howard wrote:
 >  >
 >  > People are not all wearing masks or liking it, despite their universal
 >  > availability and low cost?
 >  > 
 >  > > On May 20, 2020, at 9:51 PM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  > > 
 >  > > from our Nextdoor.
 >  > > Not sure what he means by France-like
 >  > >
 >  > > Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:55:46 +0000 (UTC)
 >  > > From: "Nextdoor Japantown" <http://www.rs.email.nextdoor.com/~reply>
 >  > > 
 >  > > Nextdoor Nextdoor Japantown
 >  > > 
 >  > > I'll obey, but...
 >  > > 
 >  > > Bob Bixby, Vendome - Civic Center 
 >  > > 
 >  > > Simultaneously announcing to the county that masks are
 >  > > "mandatory" and that said law will NOT be enforced is
 >  > > slouching into a France-like soupy morass of legislation and
 >  > > lifestyle all mixed up together in perpetual tension where
 >  > > "the right thing to do" becomes the will of zeitgeist or the
 >  > > state or the rudderless majority. One Frenchman told me years
 >  > > ago that France has conveniently made everything illegal --
 >  > > everything! -- but people are "free" to live as they
 >  > > wish. "There is no such thing as a law-abiding citizen in
 >  > > France," he said. And with hyperbolic flare he declared, "As
 >  > > you stand here right now you are trespassing against La
 >  > > Patrie. I do not know what laws we are breaking, but when La
 >  > > Patrie wants you or me or both of us to be silenced the laws
 >  > > that we are breaking will be readily available for their
 >  > > use."
 >  > > There are no toothless laws. There are just laws that have
 >  > > not bitten yet. Like speeders happily "going with traffic" at
 >  > > 50 mph in a a 35 mph zone everything is fine and dandy until
 >  > > you are profiled as someone that needs to be stopped.
 >  > > Then the law bites. Minorities understand this better than
 >  > > anyone else in this country. Police use obscure laws all the
 >  > > time to arrest suspects. I will wear my mask when I go into
 >  > > town even though I think it is medically unnecessary (unless
 >  > > I'm in a crowded place) only because -- right now -- I'm
 >  > > obeying.
 >  > > But I will write and verify and lobby to make sure the law
 >  > > goes OFF the books as soon as possible. The danger is not in
 >  > > complying temporarily to a silly law.  The real danger comes
 >  > > when, after the public mood has shifted to total abandonment
 >  > > of the mask, the law remains on the books, and we resign
 >  > > ourselves to disobeying just to "go with the flow of the
 >  > > traffic" since we didn't like the law in the first place. The
 >  > > law remains available for enforcement without warning should
 >  > > some petty officer of the law decide it matters. And whatever
 >  > > "matters" may have nothing to do with health or sanitation or
 >  > > COVID-19.