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“Some of them will get sick, some may even die, I don’t know.” -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Mar 25 '20, 09:37

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https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1242852543513821185 (twitter.com)

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"Do you want Marxists? Because that's how you get Marxists." -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 10:20
When people tell you who they are, believe them. -- nm - David Mar 25, 09:44 1
- COVID. Boy, I don't know. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 09:47
Even anyone is that callous, why can they not see the difference between a death on the road and a death in a hospital bed using a ventilator? -- nm - Max Mar 25, 09:40 13
- The car crash is in some ways worse - no warning and the person is gone -- nm* - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:20 3
  - What I mean is the deceased goes to the morgue, not the hospital care. In a financial crisis the concern is a run on the banks - Max Mar 25, 10:24 2
    - How many deadly crashes happen in a city in a day, how about 500 times as many -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 01:19
    - I fully agree with you on these points -- nm - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:26
- And also, if I drive past a car crash, I'm not going to catch a car crash a week later. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 09:59 2
  - Right what is morally repugnant to humans is selecting who dies. We prefer the wheel spin randomly and pick 40,000 random car crash victims. But the t - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:25
  - And the mechanic who works on a damaged car doesn't become more likely to be in a crash himself. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 10:04
- And also not see the difference between a death on the road and an inevitable million car pile up if the road isn't closed for a while. -- nm - pmb Mar 25, 09:57
- And even then, it's not like we say, "Hey go crazy out there on the road and drive like a lunatic!" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 25, 09:53 4
  - In the extreme examples it’s do you kill an innocent baby in the cradle to save one million lives? What about 10? Contra, do you lose 200 million jobs - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:23 2
    - But it's not an A/B choice - Reagen Mar 25, 10:28 1
      - I don’t think I’m saying it’s A/B of course it isn’t. I’m just saying that the pearl clutching over lives will be lost is silly. Everyone is saying th - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:32
  - Well that’s the thing. We accept death because we can minimize it and control it. The point is a good point if crass. They teach it in my law school a - JackDawson Mar 25, 10:22
Well, making sure he earns his name. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 25, 09:39
You first, Dick -- nm - decline Mar 25, 09:39
Okay, boomer. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 25, 09:39

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