They are gonna lock us up...

[SueEllen]

Risks to themselves or risks to the broader public?

You know what that answer is.

[minestrone]

Risks to themselves or risks to the broader public?

I think people are able to make their own judgment to be in situations where they are around people they trust to have made similar safe judgments. Discrimination always gets such a negative association.

You use "broader public" like marxists uses lumpenproletariat, I always consider Baroness Thatcher on matters of collectivism...

"There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves"

...and you be wise to consider her views as well.

[Old Greg]

You know what that answer is.

I think people are able to make their own judgment to be in situations where they are around people they trust to have made similar safe judgments. Discrimination always gets such a negative association.

You use "broader public" like marxists uses lumpenproletariat, I always consider Baroness Thatcher on matters of collectivism...

"There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves"

...and you be wise to consider her views as well.

Because if everyone should make their own decisions, there is no case for the state mandating that someone who is Covid positive but asymptomatic must stay at home, or even that they mustn't turn up to their agency shifts at five different nursing homes over the course of a week.

[SueEllen]

Because if everyone should make their own decisions, there is no case for the state mandating that someone who is Covid positive but asymptomatic must stay at home, or even that they mustn't turn up to their agency shifts at five different nursing homes over the course of a week.

You mean like this:

[minestrone]

Because if everyone should make their own decisions, there is no case for the state mandating that someone who is Covid positive but asymptomatic must stay at home, or even that they mustn't turn up to their agency shifts at five different nursing homes over the course of a week.

"I'm going to straight out say that the public should have the same obligations to the government as an employee has to an employer and I don't think that is ******* mental"

[Old Greg]

"I'm going to straight out say that the public should have the same obligations to the government as an employee has to an employer and I don't think that is ******* mental"

I think we're pretty clear who is mental here.

[SueEllen]

"I'm going to straight out say that the public should have the same obligations to the government as an employee has to an employer and I don't think that is ******* mental"

You know there are laws that govern an employer and employee relationship? So your analogy doesn't make sense.