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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #798 on: March 12, 2020, 04:25:31 PM »
It's not just  at the top, the NYC mayor literally told people to try to get into subway cars that had fewer people.  The level of understanding is brutal.  
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #799 on: March 12, 2020, 04:27:18 PM »
And now the Big Ten is suspending all sports for the rest of the year....
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #800 on: March 12, 2020, 05:32:51 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 04:22:59 PM
As soon as the president stops encouraging people with Corono virus to go to work. 
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 04:17:41 PM
You're honestly defending him.......holy hell.
Not defending him at all in fact I don’t think he needs defending. Constructively criticizing you for posting something that many many many people would solidly disagree with.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #801 on: March 12, 2020, 05:47:02 PM »
I imagine we have people here all over the political spectrum (I hope so).  However, this isn't the place to reveal that IMHO.

We had years ago some "issues" as a result of political dissension superceding discussion about, well great running backs and it got out of hand, leading to the current set of rules.

If you despise Trump or admire Trump, great, fine with me, but keep it off these pages.  We have a very entertaining Area 51 for such things.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #802 on: March 12, 2020, 06:00:02 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on March 12, 2020, 12:38:28 PM
Is it just me that thinks maybe this is starting to go beyond prudence and into CYA mode?

That it's just a race to out-response each other?

I.e. that events are just being cancelled because if someone is LESS prudent than some other entity and something goes wrong, they'll get a PR b!tch-slap, and they want to avoid that rather than actually making these calls based upon legitimate risk assessment?
 Probably replying late to this, but that is probably what is going on. No one now can take a chance of having their event and have someone get sick and die. We certainly can't have people personally responsible for making their own decisions on whether the risk is worth the reward. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #803 on: March 12, 2020, 06:03:02 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 12:56:34 PM
I'd rather see this now rather than later when it's more urgent.  This is prudent.  It's pro-active.  It's smart.  Sorry/not sorry if it's inconvenient or things don't seem dire enough to warrant it.
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The same people questioning this would be the same saying we should've done something sooner if we hadn't......
Quite wrong. I am one saying it and will continue to say it. This is a blown out of proportion hysterical overreaction and have never said anything in that past that things should have be done sooner (Particularly when it comes to governmental actions which I would generally say never should have come at all). 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #804 on: March 12, 2020, 06:05:32 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on March 12, 2020, 02:59:11 PM
Every Costco I've heard of, in every city I've spoken with folks about, is a disaster area.  Heck, my last trip to Costco was over a week ago and even then the panic-buying frenzy had already begun.  "Animal Spirits" I suppose.

Grocery stores around here are fine, though.  Completely out of hand sanitizer, and running low on toilet paper for reasons I do not understand, but not complete anarchy like Costcos have become.
Costco wasn't a problem. More busy than usual, and the TP/paper towels were gone. Bottled water supplies were VERY low but not gone.

But we had our Costco anarchy 2 weeks ago and it settled down. Maybe yours just started?
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #805 on: March 12, 2020, 06:05:46 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 04:17:41 PM
You're honestly defending him.......holy hell.
You honestly saying that you actually listen to him . . . . holy hell. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #806 on: March 12, 2020, 06:07:24 PM »
I believe you, but what's the break-even point?  Can 3 people die going to basketball games?  Is that acceptable?  Can 100 people die going to concerts?  What's the number?  
What's the number if it's someone you care about?  I'm guessing that number is 1.  Then you'd change your stance (but not a moment before).
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #807 on: March 12, 2020, 06:07:59 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 03:07:12 PM
Bring a weapon.
Quote from: 847badgerfan on March 12, 2020, 03:09:44 PM
Dood lives in Cali.
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Bring a nerf gun.
At 6'5", 265#, and a 2nd degree black belt, I'm not worried. I *am* a weapon. :)
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #808 on: March 12, 2020, 06:10:29 PM »
Personally I think the press, the president, the CDC, the NCAA, the Pro sports leaque, etc. are all overreacting to this. 

Personally, I am quite peeved that I am losing my vacation because of all this, not because I am afraid of getting sick, but because I can't trust that when I leave the country I am going to be able to get back into the country because of all the hysteria. It sucks I am going to lose out because of other people's irrational (and yes I think it is irrational unless you are very old and/or already have an underlying condition) fears. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #809 on: March 12, 2020, 06:12:39 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 12, 2020, 05:47:02 PM
I imagine we have people here all over the political spectrum (I hope so).  However, this isn't the place to reveal that IMHO.

We had years ago some "issues" as a result of political dissension superceding discussion about, well great running backs and it got out of hand, leading to the current set of rules.

If you despise Trump or admire Trump, great, fine with me, but keep it off these pages.  We have a very entertaining Area 51 for such things.
+1

Seriously, people. This isn't the place. 

We've skirted political issues in the past, because we've talked about issues and policy, not about people and partisanship. This is going the wrong direction.

I recognize that all of us likely have very strong feelings, one way or another, on the current inhabitant of the White House.

I'm happy to debate any of them with any of you over a beer in a bar (although no shaking hands--not in this environment), or even over homebrews and something my wife and I cook.

But not on these pages. We've kept it clean for as long as I remember being around this place and all of its predecessors. Let's not change it now. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #810 on: March 12, 2020, 06:13:22 PM »
My karate instructors back in the day were two guys.  One was a 6'4" "former" Marine black belt and one little Asian guy who walked around occasionally saying something.  We asked the big guy how he'd do against the little guy and he said "He'd whip my butt in about 15 seconds.".

The Asian guy every so often would smack the block we used to hit that had a meter on it attached to a spring as he walked by and pin the meter.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #811 on: March 12, 2020, 06:15:31 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 06:07:24 PM
I believe you, but what's the break-even point?  Can 3 people die going to basketball games?  Is that acceptable?  Can 100 people die going to concerts?  What's the number? 
What's the number if it's someone you care about?  I'm guessing that number is 1.  Then you'd change your stance (but not a moment before).
What is the break-even point, Can 3 people die because they are driving on the freeway at the speed limit? is that acceptable? Can 100 people die driving on the freeway? what's the number? What's the number if it's someone you are about? 

You can make your argument about anything in which someone may die. I am willing to beat that by the end of the month more people would have died in car accidents, Died from the flu, Died from household accident and any number of things than die from CROVID-19. Death is tragic, but you cannot argue because someone might die to stop things from happening. People die from all kinds preventable things all the time, but we don't stop it.
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