News Coronavirus Thread

[Hojuman]

But what if you contract Muslim?

Give it a scratch, you'll be fine

 

[Del191229]

How far do these measures have to go before some of us begin to wonder if there is an alternative agenda behind some of it?

Banning gatherings, telling people to stay home, giving police the right to arrest people for walking around...

Call me old-fashioned but aren't some of these things straight-up totalitarian?

No they aren't, I knew this was coming.

They only become totalitarian if elections are suspended and they become permanent.

 

[Tiberius]

But what if you contract Muslim?

We all know contracts mean nothing these days.

 

[sbdan]

How far do these measures have to go before some of us begin to wonder if there is an alternative agenda behind some of it?

Banning gatherings, telling people to stay home, giving police the right to arrest people for walking around...

Call me old-fashioned but aren't some of these things straight-up totalitarian?

Entire countries closing borders, in a state of panic and at war footing against a faceless enemy?

I think I have read books about that.

 

[Del191229]

See now I'm having my world views challenged and I'm confused. On the evidence of some drunk girls in Beirut JeanLucGoddard claims that all Germans are very funny, yet on the evidence of a German Office he used to deal with Kangatime says that all Germans are humourless. My grandad, who fought in WWII but to the best of my knowledge never actually encountered any real Germans, said that they were all inbred and had a tendency towards incest.
Until such time as I have a more definitive and reliable source to reference I guess I'll have to continue to base my opinions of Germans on re-runs of "Hogan's Heroes."

When my Grandad was in the POW camps he said they much preferred the guards who were usually ex Luftwaffe who knew their own guys were being treated well on the other side. It was the gung ho English officers who tried to instill discipline and were always organising bullshit escapes they hated.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

They only become totalitarian if elections are suspended and they become permanent.

If both parties would implement / maintain the same measures, what difference does it make if it is blue or red team in charge?

Stopping public gatherings, tracking / controlling movement, giving police power to arrest people for doing nothing wrong other than being outside...

Take away the irrational, fear-based save us from the enemy mindset, and how does all of this look?

 

[krakouers]

Thanks man. I'm fine, just unsure how to approach it with work if i can't get a test. I'd rather not take the chance of infecting peeps but would like some certainty. I never get anything more than a sniffle, never had the flu, so don't know how sick i will get if i do have it.

14 day lock down on a hunch is f’ed.

GarnerSmash how you going today?

 

[Event Horizon]

When my Grandad was in the POW camps he said they much preferred the guards who were usually ex Luftwaffe who knew their own guys were being treated well on the other side. It was the gung ho English officers who tried to instill discipline and were always organising bullshit escapes they hated.

Both of my granddads served in WW2, and said Germans were great at many things, but were absolute ruthless assholes with no regard to human life. Not sure they mentioned much about their sense of humor.

 

[krakouers]

Both of my granddads served in WW2, and said Germans were great at many things, but were absolute ruthless assholes with no regard to human life. Not sure they mentioned much about their sense of humor.

Think a bit of time has passed since that war guys, Germans are no different to us

All humans

 

[Event Horizon]

Think a bit of time has passed since that war guys, Germans are no different to us

All humans

Sure. I am not one to hold grudges, just don't find them very funny

 

[B4Bear]

How far do these measures have to go before some of us begin to wonder if there is an alternative agenda behind some of it?

Banning gatherings, telling people to stay home, giving police the right to arrest people for walking around...

Call me old-fashioned but aren't some of these things straight-up totalitarian?

Yes they are.

They are also straight out of the pandemic control book 101.

 

[B4Bear]

If both parties would implement / maintain the same measures, what difference does it make if it is blue or red team in charge?

Stopping public gatherings, tracking / controlling movement, giving police power to arrest people for doing nothing wrong other than being outside...

Take away the irrational, fear-based save us from the enemy mindset, and how does all of this look?

But you can not take away the mindset. That provides the context.

Without context it looks authoritarian.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

See now I'm having my world views challenged and I'm confused. On the evidence of some drunk girls in Beirut JeanLucGoddard claims that all Germans are very funny, yet on the evidence of a German Office he used to deal with Kangatime says that all Germans are humourless. My grandad, who fought in WWII but to the best of my knowledge never actually encountered any real Germans, said that they were all inbred and had a tendency towards incest.
Until such time as I have a more definitive and reliable source to reference I guess I'll have to continue to base my opinions of Germans on re-runs of "Hogan's Heroes."

The Germans had good pretty gallows/dark humour by end of the war FWIW.

I promised myself that I wouldn't post this one again, but I can't help myself.

Here was a common joke:
A little boy and his father are listening to the Fuhrer's speech on the radio as Germany declares war on the USA. The boy asks his father where the USA is. The father takes down a globe and runs his hand across the USA, saying "All of this area of North America, son".
The boy looks at the globe and asks "and where is the British Empire?". The father indicates Britain, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and India on the globe.
"I see", said the boy. "And where is Russia?" The father showed him the sprawling mass of the USSR on the globe. The boy's eyebrows furrowed with concentration.
"And where is Germany?", he asks. His father points at the area of central Europe where the Reich is located. The boy looks very concerned and says "Dad, has Hitler seen this?"

 

[krakouers]

Sure. I am not one to hold grudges, just don't find them very funny

All good EventHorizon, I too had a serving Grandparent, Germany now is a first world nation and our brothers and sisters

I'm sure there's a monty python sketch I can fit in here; o, there is.

I think we need more Monty Python now more than ever

 

[krakouers]

We all know contracts mean nothing these days.

Who you gonna call?

Ricky Nixon!

 

[Tiberius]

Think a bit of time has passed since that war guys, Germans are no different to us

All humans

Agreed. We need to put these outdated racial prejudices to bed. In my experience the only stereotypes or generalisations which are able to stand up in the face of any kind of modern in depth scrutiny are the ones about Collingwood supporters.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Yes they are.

They are also straight out of the pandemic control book 101.

There is no such thing.

 

[Del191229]

Both of my granddads served in WW2, and said Germans were great at many things, but were absolute ruthless assholes with no regard to human life. Not sure they mentioned much about their sense of humor.

Is the suggestion "we" of the Tokyo firebombing and the destruction of Dresden were any different?

 

[Del191229]

There is no such thing.

There literally is.

 

[Event Horizon]

Is the suggestion "we" of the Tokyo firebombing and the destruction of Dresden were any different?

The timing of these two is somewhat important, which doesn't mean I agree with them anyway.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

There literally is.

Where? I'll read it.

 

[GarnerSmash]

GarnerSmash how you going today?

No change at this end. Partner unwell so off to docs soon.

 

[Ether]

Where? I'll read it.

I wouldn't bother. The authors would undoubtedly have just been advancing an alternative agenda.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

I wouldn't bother. The authors would undoubtedly have just been advancing an alternative agenda.

What does this snarky remark achieve?

 

[Del191229]

What does this snarky remark achieve?

It shows how frustrated people get with this cooked online brain attitude of "its totalitarianism, that doesn't exist" etc etc.