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The Neighborhood Resisting Israel's Coronavirus Restrictions (Original Post) Quixote1818 Apr 2020 OP
There are fools everywhere. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2020 #1
these people comprise 10% of the population of Israel, yet now have over 50% of new covid 19 SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #2
That was well presented... Newest Reality Apr 2020 #3
Agree. I think both sides are kinda nuts here. Quixote1818 Apr 2020 #4

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
2. these people comprise 10% of the population of Israel, yet now have over 50% of new covid 19
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 06:39 PM
Apr 2020

cases, because they're ignoring common sense procedures put in place to help prevent the spread of the CV.

What can one say? A shame that these deaths can be avoided w/ just a few simple precautions that are easy to administrator and follow, without any ridiculous hype or fanfare.

'Restrictions' or 'attacks' against our 'freedom' or 'beliefs', as some have screamed out in protest, are not there against your particular beliefs or desires. It's not an attack against you or your beliefs or religion. You are not that special.

Right now, you are simply human, like the rest of us, whether or not you like it or not. Thus, you have a responsibility to the rest of humanity to look after all of us, to safeguard all of us too. These safeguards are there to save all of our lives. Nothing more, nothing less. Again, it is not about you.

The CV does not differentiate between black or white, male or female, catholic or protestant, or any of the numerous divisions that there exist in human affairs.

Like all new Ages, perhaps some people will have to be dragged into the new Age (post-CV era). Maybe the CV is a signal to our species? Maybe it is a signal for all of us to move on, and embrace the future? Ignore old scores, grievances, and temptations. After all, with the CV, you either died or not.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. That was well presented...
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 06:41 PM
Apr 2020

That short doesn't really take sides, which is good.

Fundamentalism is now so out of step with the modern world that, what once may have been useful or important has now become obsolete. They just don't seem to know or understand that and their tradition means a lot to them. As was pointed out, they really don't even have much connection via electronics with the "new world" of cell phones and Internet. So, they rely on God as they would have 300 or 1000-years ago, even though there are new ways to deal with a pandemic. I understand and it is rather sad.

They are trying to be traditional and, fundamentally isolated, appears. That's hard these days and maybe it should be obsolete, but I it is a debatable issue.

Here, we see also, that there are some real problems for society when it comes to fundamentalism and that, Evangelicals, for example, have little respect or regard for democracy as far as their beliefs and impositions would affect us all. They are also showing a similar lack of understanding about the pandemic and behaving in traditional, yet obsolete ways. Yet, we are all affected.

So, we see another problem facing us all as this crisis sweeps through the populations of the world. It is not one of religion, per se, but the negative impact of fundamentalism for both believers and the secular world. That needs to be addressed.

Quixote1818

(28,904 posts)
4. Agree. I think both sides are kinda nuts here.
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 06:47 PM
Apr 2020

They are crazy as fuck but the heavy handed stuff is overkill and just makes them NOT want to comply. I would let them do their thing but not let them out to infect other parts of the country if they are not going to comply. Eventually enough of them will be sick they might get a clue. If not then that is their own choice to be stupid.

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