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Originally Posted by B767drvr
A discussion on morals: Is it your neighbor's responsibility to keep you safe/healthy?
If so, how far are we willing to infringe on others' rights/freedoms to keep others safe?
Is it okay to destroy people's businesses by forcing their extended closure to "protect" others' health?
Is it okay to forcefully remove people from public transportation for not wearing masks?
In Laredo, Texas... it's a $1,000 fine if you go out in public without a mask. The mask requirement can be a cloth draping... i.e., it is not for the wearer's safety, it is for others' safety. Do you agree with this? If so, why? If not, why not?
Have we considered the effects of our actions on our health care workers? Did they sign up for a worldwide global deadly pandemic threatening not only their job, but their life? How about going to work with little to no PPE and "hoping" they stay safe? Did they sign up for this? How might your actions impact their life? Is it okay to make choices and then expect others to "fix" (health care workers) them?
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I take issue with the use of your word "infringe", though your discussion of the topic is a worthy one. Before responding directly, I need to raise what one of Trump's economic advisors, Stephen Moore, said the other day about equating those on the right being put upon-perhaps in a way like the thrust of your discussion topic- just like Rosa Parks did in her day. That comparison was lunacy, since Ms. Parks was advancing racial equality which, if it did not come about, would not infect and kill others of whatever description. If she had the virus and did not take precautions, then the comparison would be the same to those gun-toting individuals we saw at state capitals in Michigan, Virginia and Minnesota last week. But to respond to your inquiry, we are ALL interdependent upon one another as Americans, regardless of political stripe or viewpoint, color or creed. When we are battling a deadly silent and invisible enemy, we must all draw together to fight it so that we all survive, sans those thousands that have incredulously perished through no fault of their own. If I can draw upon an apt comparison: what this nation had to do to fight Hitler in WWII. Didn't we have to make sacrifices at home to help fight the war and supply our soldiers with what they needed, like ammo, equipment, clothing, and artillery? Are fines required if a government tells us to wear masks and we don't; if a government tells us not to have more than 10 congregate together but do? Yes, since our freedoms, here, are dependent upon us taking heed of what to do to stop this invisible killer; if not, then having a government edict means nothing and those that want to violate them are not only being foolish to themselves, but also seeding the continued spread of the virus among those that are lawfully abiding citizens. To put it more plainly, if we run a red light or stop sign, why should we have to be a fine for a traffic violation?