04-20-2020, 02:00 PM
(04-20-2020, 09:54 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Personally I think 99% of all protesting is a waste of time.
Yeah, that's pretty much my stance as well.
But this is not about waste of time, it is about actually endangering the community.
(04-20-2020, 09:54 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Mike DeWine excluded political protests from the lockdown.
That's not good. I do not know why that happened, maybe pressure was too high, but that is not a wise decision.
(04-20-2020, 09:54 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Just because a state gives the governor the authority to do things, it doesn't mean that authority is actually legal. The tenth amendment is a great thing, but it does say "The powers not delegated to the United States". The first amendment is delegated to the US, and as best as I can understand extended to the states by the fourteenth amendment. I think the ones in Mississippi who broke up the drive in church services are in trouble for sure.
I don't know that many details, so I have to take a pass here. I still dare to say that in general, it is not wise to put some principle over a measure that is meaningful and potentially prevents many deaths. In an ideal world, that should be so obvious that it doesn't even need state authority to enforce that. Since that is not the case (here and in the US), applying authority seems like the best thing to do. Maybe this is the time to put possible constitutional difficulties aside for now. It in all likelihood saves several lives to postpone that debate to a later date.
All law considerations put aside, it is just reckless and a potentially deadly mistake to disobey those orders. It also comes with disobeying recommendations of experts that know about this stuff. Protesters deserve all critizism coming their way. Imho.
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