Posts by Bryan Taylor6

quietviper22 said:In my opinion, the only person in this entire mess who hasn't realized that almost all those excuses are actually valid is the sheriff: At first, there were requests that just seemed like personal luxuries rather than essential family needs: driving to a neighboring city for shopping trips, heading out to the countryside, going to the bank, visiting vineyards, getting car repairs, picking up construction supplies, checking out boats or market stalls, or even just going to see a boyfriend or girlfriend.

But let's get real. I'm definitely not going to buy bad milk in some rural town if it's giving my baby cramps, I'm not grabbing bread from a bakery if I have celiac disease, and I sure as hell am not going to drain my accounts if I have a protected account and can't access an ATM. Working in the vineyard is a completely legitimate reason to travel, which they actually confirmed during the press conference today.

Come on, man, the guy can barely make it through his five minutes, and you're out here doing this... 😁

briskjackal5 said:Have you ever even heard of a country called "Italy"?

-Stipe

Man, those guys from Murter are heading to Italy for skiing... wow, just wow. You learn something new every single day...😁

hollowmason64, should they have declared a state of emergency?

hollowmason64 said:Fifteen days. https://www.law.com/statutes/residency-act
Your issue is that you aren't distinguishing between residency and domicile.

If you don't know the answer, why are you weighing in? Here, take this and give it a read:

http://www.legalinfo.gov/DailyContent/Article.aspx?id=41073

Once again—that was just one judge's opinion, not the official ruling of the Supreme Court.
And once more, your problem is failing to understand the difference between a single dissenting opinion and an actual Supreme Court ruling that carries legal weight (or lack thereof).

Like I said, you probably grew up in a big city like New York. I’d love to see you living out in rural Wyoming; I bet you wouldn't be singing those same songs. No way.

You don't live in Italy either, because if you did, you certainly wouldn't be singing the same song. What kind of argument is that?

What's wrong with it? That sounds like a convenient excuse when you just want to get rid of a piece of property.😬

So when will we hear the Supreme Court's actual stance? It's been 10 days and they're staying silent like nothing happened... and honestly, neither are the top politicians. Turns out Civil Protection is the biggest player in the country.😁

Melissa Phillips4 said:The mandate should have been strictly limited to those actually in quarantine who were breaking the rules. There's no reason to lock down 4 million people just because of 800 idiots refusing to stay home.

1000%, yeah, I agree...

hollowmason64 said:Look, the government doesn't care if you're hooking up at a different spot every single night, but if you stay at the same place for more than 15 days, you're supposed to report that change of residence.

I honestly don't know if they're overstepping; I haven't run into anyone like that personally.
And who’s saying they’re violating Constitution-guaranteed rights? One judge's opinion isn't the official stance of the Supreme Court. The Court could easily reach a conclusion that's the exact opposite of what that one judge thinks, and his view would just be recorded as a dissenting opinion.

Well, goodness gracious, apparently people aren't even allowed to leave their houses anymore. Did you miss that video from a few days ago where the mayor was yelling at some guy just for stepping out a little too far? The mayor starts ranting at him like, "Go home or I'll call a police officer!"

Even here, the cop will just turn you around and won't let you pass. It's not like they're going to beat you with a baton, for crying out loud.🙄
I’m just curious—out of everyone here debating whether this whole thing is working or not, how many of you actually hold an e-Passport and travel daily? I want to know what it’s actually like on the ground.
For instance, I’ve been commuting out of the city every single day for a week now for work. I have my e-Passport, and honestly, not once has a Police officer pulled me over on the way back, even when I was driving through in the afternoon, late at night, or early morning. Personally, I think it's all a bit sloppy.

People claiming everyone is healthy? How can you possibly know that? Do you visit them regularly or something?
Or do you really believe a major retail chain would ever go public with news like that? If one of our cashiers tested positive, there's a good chance others on the same shift did too.
That would be a PR nightmare for them. Something they'd definitely want to avoid.
Fair point, though—sometimes we really need to use our heads.

On another note, Spar was posting ads looking for new sales associates just two or three days ago. It makes me wonder why and how they need more staff when their operating hours have been slashed by a third. It’s a mystery.
Something to chew on.

So, if nearly 80 new cases a day is considered a negligible number, I guess they should just let us out to speed things up a bit, right?

So what if they're asking? Even the police are looking for 750 people, so what is that supposed to tell us?
On the other hand, wouldn't it be a good idea for hospitals to ask infected people what kind of jobs they have? Then, if there aren't any infected cashiers, maybe we can actually think about something...

briskjackal5 said:It really was

-Stipe

Everyone knows those guys from Murter are hardcore skiers; he spent three months skiing out in Colorado...😁

hollowmason64 said:What does that even have to do with anything? Why does the mileage of moving locations matter, and what role does distance play in whether someone gets infected?
And how on earth could the police know that everyone in the place she's coming from is uninfected? Are they supposed to go door-to-door checking every single person in every town people travel from?
There's a good chance the police won't even pull her over when she enters the City of Chicago, but if they do, she'll end up being handed an order for mandatory isolation.

Is this the logic Johnson is using? It's funny how people with that mindset, once they actually get sick, don't try to build immunity at home—they immediately start whining for a doctor.

She should just register through the e-visitor system and there won't be any trouble.
Honestly, it's pretty funny how people don't follow laws like this one, which requires reporting a change of residence, thinking, "Who cares, nobody actually does this, why does it matter?" and then when their own negligence and failure to respect the law comes back to bite them, suddenly everyone else is to blame.

I've been telling you all along that we probably already have herd immunity here... basically, many people have had Corona without even knowing it because it passed like a common flu or a virus. We had that massive festival in Rijeka with tons of Italians and Chinese tourists, and zero Corona cases. But of course, we'd need to test healthy people for antibodies, but nobody wants to do that... because it costs money. It’s much easier to play dictator and tell people they can't move around... 3.1 miles in some small towns there are only 5,000 people, but in the City of Chicago, 800,000 people are just doing whatever they want...

What about the cashiers? They're all healthy, so how's that possible?
That's because they're always on the front lines of any infection; they were among the first to deal with Corona, and now they're healthy.

If only people would actually think for a second...

Adam Allen85 said:Italy

Sure, but we're talking about the state level, and one state like our America...

James Phillips92 said:Does anyone know if there are other places with these kinds of movement restrictions—besides North Korea? I was catching up with some friends living in Germany today, and they said things are totally different over there. No such restrictions at all.

Why does that even surprise you? It's a normal country with normal laws. Even the economists actually ran the numbers... unlike here where the Civil Protection just screws you over.

Melissa Phillips4 said:It’s absurd. You can’t even move within a small town of 2,000 people, yet in a massive metropolis like NYC with at least 8 million residents, everything is business as usual.
I’m forbidden from traveling to Washington, D.C., even though the city limits are barely 100 meters from my street. I can't even pull into a gas station because it’s located 1.2 miles, but somehow it counts as part of the city?
Absolutely terrifying. A total disgrace.

That's exactly why they should just scrap these senseless restrictions altogether.

rustywalker42 said:Even stricter measures coming?

If you don't have any legal precedents to lean on—and I'm talking about a Supreme Court justice here, not me—then your only option is to tighten the rules until Easter, and after that, everyone can just do whatever they want...😁

Alexander Thompson said:I guess that’s basically the part of the theory where they talk about easing up on the restrictions—just loosening things enough so that, more or less, the whole population gets exposed and maybe builds up some kind of immunity.

They shouldn't have introduced any measures at all. It would have resulted in the same thing—everyone getting sick and building immunity. But then they wouldn't get to act like big shots, because they'd be suffering too...

Larry Walker24 said:Capak: "When everyone suddenly headed south, the travel ban was an epidemiologically sound move. We’ll adjust the restrictions based on how things play out and how people actually behave—either loosening them up or tightening the screws. I think we need to hold steady at this level for now, then re-evaluate in a week. Easter is coming up, and obviously, everyone wants those restrictions to ease up a bit. We’ll all reach an agreement."

So, basically, no changes for Easter👍

David Rodriguez8 said:How long is the wait for a permit in Washington, D.C.?
I need to head out to see my parents (to drop off groceries, meds, etc.), and I also need to take my dad's car in for an inspection—does anyone know if they issue permits for stuff like that? Anyone have any insight? Thanks!

Just snap a photo of the registration, explain you need to get the car inspected, send it in... should be fine.

Adam Collins4 said:Wait, where are you guys even pulling these numbers from?

I was arguing with some "genius" the other day who claimed 100k people lost their jobs in a single week, and now we've got this...

Look, if 300k people is true, that’s nearly 40% of the population of Washington, D.C.... and I'm just talking about the city itself, not the whole metro area...

Where on earth is the infrastructure supposed to handle a migration of 300k people in a day or two? It just doesn't exist.

Besides, those people haven't just been migrating for two days—it's been happening for weeks.

Bryan Taylor6 said:Start an initiative to dissolve the local township and merge with the next big city over. You’d cut the total amount of red tape in half.

Man, I’d love to see that happen 😁

The idea isn't actually bad...

electrichound22 said:The decision was made specifically to avoid forcing everyone
to flee to the rural towns and islands all at once.
If they did, local doctors wouldn't stand a chance against that kind of sudden surge in patients.
Still, I can’t wait for this restriction to be scrapped
so we can finally get back to normal traffic flow and have the borders fully reopened.

The decision came way too late. It happened right after 300,000 people from NYC already cleared out of the city.

The numbers are going to reveal the truth, but by then, our economy will already be too far gone... and we'll end up being sold out for pennies on the dollar once again.

Nancy Rivera3 said:I remember seeing some projections suggesting that as many as 50% of Britons already have antibodies... If that's actually true, then this whole thing is just a common cold being used by "them" as a smokescreen to push through some other agenda.

That’s exactly the point.

If that's actually happening, we're getting played while we sit here acting like everything is fine...

But without real verification, we'll never know. And our leaders are doing everything except actually checking the facts.