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Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:43 pm**

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:56 pm The world is nutty right now (more so than usual).

It used to be called mass hysteria, now it's called social consciousness.

It's the, "new paradigm," (pronounced, para-di-jum), fresh out of academia.

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:45 pm**

RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:43 pm
henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:56 pm The world is nutty right now (more so than usual).
It used to be called mass hysteria, now it's called social consciousness.

It's the, "new paradigm," (pronounced, para-di-jum), fresh out of academia.

aka the new normal

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:43 pm**

commonsense wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:24 pm
henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:56 pm The world is nutty right now (more so than usual).

Wouldn't surprise me if, right now, some academic were writin' up a paper mirrorin' the view of your fictional doc.
You seem to be saying, here and elsewhere, that wearing a mask is not immoral and no one should have to wear a mask or there’s not a person who should be moral

How do you resolve this apparent conflict?

what conflict?

if you wanna mask up, mask up.

if you don't wanna mask up, don't.

neither has diddly to do with morality.

morality, as I understand it, comes into play when an outside agency demands you mask up, threatenin' penalty if you don't.

this threat is immoral: it attempts to negate the individual, to put a leash on him.

bluntly: volitionally maskin' (or not maskin' up) is amoral or morally neutral; compulsory maskin' up is attempted slavery.

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:47 pm**

RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:43 pm
henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:56 pm The world is nutty right now (more so than usual).
It used to be called mass hysteria, now it's called social consciousness.

It's the, "new paradigm," (pronounced, para-di-jum), fresh out of academia.

here in the country, we just call it bullshit

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:36 pm**

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:43 pm bluntly: volitionally maskin' (or not maskin' up) is amoral or morally neutral; compulsory maskin' up is attempted slavery.

Thanks for clarifying.

Posted: **Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:21 am**

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:47 pm here in the country, we just call it bullshit

Pithy!

Posted: **Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:08 pm**

RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:21 am
henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:47 pm here in the country, we just call it bullshit
Pithy!

You mock me, sir...

Posted: **Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:42 pm**

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:08 pm
RCSaunders wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:21 am
henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:47 pm here in the country, we just call it bullshit
Pithy!
You mock me, sir...