The East Marches II wrote:1000% true. Luckily I can not be killed by mere mortal means. It is the good people who will be wiped out by this who my concerns go to.
On that note, as Mr. Gallo just rubbed salt in the wound about, the cohesion of that small poor state that was the butt of our jokes is far greater than ours. They merely had to ask politely and the state took most of the measures necessary on their own. We had to commit economic suicide to manage the same. That cohesion and leadership is worth far more than all the dollars in the glittering sky scrapers over mega city one. What a mistake we made. I'm glad for the Southerners though. They've earned this one. Well done is all I can say.
Ok, so here's the thing.
Besides reasonable health and safety regulations and paying a reasonable amount of taxes, or state doesn't ask us to do things often. They don't abuse the privilege.
So when the Governor preempts all radio stations and TV stations for an announcement and says "folks, we have this situation (explain briefly). we're closing schools and restaurants. drive throughs will be open. try to avoid each other for a bit and don't be assholes, and we'll get through this k?" most of the population goes "okie dokie. that sounds reasonable. sucks, but we get it."
But.... they don't abuse the privilege. It only comes up literally in times of crisis, so people listen.
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:21 am
