Missourian
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- Aug 30, 2008
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Great...now we're getting somewhere.I've always said life is full of risks but it makes sense to mitigate them as much as possible. I drive my car AND use seat belts.Do you mind if I call you Alan?Thanks, I feel so much safer now.Sounds like you're a trucker, do you feel the safety rules covering truckers should be ignored? They should be allowed to drive as many hours straight as they want?I'm taking a risk to bring you food and drink and toilet paper...should I stop doing that to reduce the risk to doctors and nurses? I'd be safer and they would be safer.Are you willing to sign a pledge that you will not go to a hospital or clinic should you catch the virus? Should your decision to take risks put the doctors and nurses at greater risk. What about your need for a ventilator, are you willing to forgo that?The people at the protests and anyone else out in public is CHOOSING to be there.
It's no different than when you CHOOSE to go someplace. Be it the store or the bank or the gas station or restaurant for carry out or liquor store or wherever.
If people are afraid for their safety then they should exercise their CHOICE to stay home.
Martial law has not been declared so your constitutional rights CAN NOT BE INFRINGED UPON and your choice to protest is protected under the first amendment.
Essentially if those people are endangering anyone it is others who also chose to be there via their rights.
Goto ANY home Depot and look at all the people buying things for their homes and property. Why is that allowed but sitting in a church parking lot in your car listening to a sermon is not?
People accepted the lockdowns to beat the curve so as to not overwhelm our medical system as it ramped up to deal with this. The protests did not start until local governments started arresting people for doing things that were completely benign.
Bottom line is if someone is putting you "at risk" it is because you are also not following the orders. No one is shopping or protesting in your living room.
And lol at the media & leftists saying that protesting is racist. Y'all have lost your marbles.
You'd starve and die with a dirty asshole...but that's a minor inconvenience right? It's for the greater good.
Absolutely. Did it for years. We referred to log books as joke books.
And they are being ignored right now...legally. All freight food or crisis relayed is exempt from Hours of Service Regulations
Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 | FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration March 13, 2020 EMERGENCY DECLARATION UNDER 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002www.fmcsa.dot.gov
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You never answered my question Alan...should I have my trucks return home...to protect nurses and doctors? Cause I can do that.
Or are some risks acceptable to alleviate other types of suffering...
We agree that some risks must be taken to alleviate other dangers than the virus...like starvation for example.
And we agree that taking precautions against risk is an intelligent course of action.
So...is folks take precautions...like wearing a seatbelt or continuing social distancing...they can take risks...like reopening the economy of their states and returning to work...correct?