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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
What if, the virus continues to spread despite mask wearing, closures, and social distancing? What if there is no vaccine that is safe and works? Will we continue to shut down the world or will we learn to live with it (or not) as we do the regular Flu Viruses? People think they can control everything in life and keep everyone safe from all harm. Imho, it's an exercise in futility. But, only time will tell.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Tom Admin
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:27 pm
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How will we know if you don't do your part and wear a mask where advised by public health officials?
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11276 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:41 pm
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Tom wrote: | How will we know if you don't do your part and wear a mask where advised by public health officials? |
And that is the problem.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Tom wrote: | How will we know if you don't do your part and wear a mask where advised by public health officials? |
True. I began wearing a mask last week while in Wa, haven't been around people here in Idaho and very few are wearing masks around here.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7726 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:10 pm
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Chief Joseph wrote: | Whatever, the virus will probably magically go away after the November Elections. |
I'm still waiting for the virus to magically go away by Easter when it starts getting warm.
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
Joined: 07 Sep 2018 Posts: 2419 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:48 pm
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One of my retired former co-workers and his wife spend winters in Mexico, tooling around in their travel van. They left in Nov and usually return in early spring but stayed down there longer this year b/c of the virus situation. He just got back about 10 days ago and said he was shocked at the lack of mask-wearing and social distancing in the US, compared to Mexico.
Americans are real international stand-outs for the prevalence of the "I don't want to and you can't make me" attitude, with all kinds of half-baked justifications for why they're not gonna do it. Mask wearing is such a minor inconvenience; why can't everyone cooperate with a"we're in this together" attitude, showing concern for our fellow citizens? Here's one more high visibility news report demonstrating that it's not just frail old folks and people with underlying conditions who are vulnerable: Nick Cordero, Tony-nominated Broadway star, dies at 41 of coronavirus complications
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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Randito Snarky Member
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Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:52 pm
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11276 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:40 am
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Not an Onion article. It sounds like one, but it isn't. The Stupid make another headline.
Masking is a Satanic Ritual
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Ski ><((((°>
Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 12830 | TRs | Pics Location: tacoma |
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:04 am
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^ You can't make this stuff up!
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
A bit off topic but, next they will require all females to wear a bra because people are offended.
Pancake syrup is offensive, sports team names are offensive, statues and monuments are offensive, where will it ever end?
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Randito Snarky Member
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:56 pm
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Chief Joseph wrote: | statues and monuments are offensive |
So you would be cool with a statue of General Oliver Otis Howard in a prominent position on the Nez Pierce reservation just to remind members of the Nez Pierce their "proper" place in society?
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RichP Member
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:36 pm
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Only in America. Land of the free.
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Randito Snarky Member
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:39 pm
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7703 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Randito wrote: | Chief Joseph wrote: | statues and monuments are offensive |
So you would be cool with a statue of General Oliver Otis Howard in a prominent position on the Nez Pierce reservation just to remind members of the Nez Pierce their "proper" place in society? |
You make a good point there Bandito, although it’s not really the same thing. On one hand general Howard was involved in displacement and genocide of native Americans, while General Lee for instance was fighting a war against the northern states.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Randito Snarky Member
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Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:53 pm
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Chief Joseph wrote: | while General Lee for instance was fighting a war against the northern states. |
Yes and General Lee opposed erecting any statues in his honor during his lifetime. Almost all Confederate statutes were erected during the 1920s to reinforce the "lost cause" fable and during the civil rights era of the 1950s to send a message to blacks to "know their place".
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