
Originally Posted by
TheTravellers
I've read every single post in this thread since it started. It doesn't matter if you're referring to the customers or passersby or people smoking in a park or cows, it's a completely wrong assertion to say (which I believe you're saying) "It's not a problem because the people are there of their own free will".
Personally, yes, I believe all bars should be closed, but because the American economy is so completely f*cked up and depends on things that it shouldn't depend on to keep going, and our governments are also completely f*cked up WRT measures to help closed businesses and unemployed workers, that won't work. As I've said, I'm fairly ashamed to be an American during this, we've botched the response pretty much completely, our way of life is not sustainable (naked greed and capitalism and plutocracy run amok and we're a complete dog-eat-dog country), and we're reaping the consequences of the past who-knows-how-many decades of really ridiculous economic policy that only makes the rich ungodly amounts richer and is screwing everybody else.
As I posted way back, there's an article that tells how this could all be under control in 4-6 weeks, there are plans out there for that, they're painful, but are they as painful as what we've gone through and what we will go through in the future?
I don't go to bars, so I have no idea what they're doing, but I suspect almost every bar in the country that's open is failing at protecting people, some in major ways, some in minor ways.
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