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Originally Posted by PG2
Thread closed for the moment.
Everyone can have a break for tonight.
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Seems like a sound idea thanks.
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Originally Posted by MercuryT
Well your opinion that people are soft because some aren't coping mentally with Covid lockdown is ridiculous and I suspect very reasoned by people not willing to compare with World War 2.
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That's
not a reasoned argument - it's using a negative to rebut a point of view you don't agree with.
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Originally Posted by MercuryT
My sister has major depression and lives by herself, hasn't coped at all not being able to see family or friends which was her outlet.
But she's weak and didn't suffer World War 2 as Russell stated, so she is so soft as a person.
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That's a slightly better argument although it is still more an appeal to emotion than a counter but your sister has my sympathy given that
clinical depression is an illness and merits consideration.
However, if you read what I actually
said rather than taking umbrage at what you
thought I said, you'll note that the examples I used relate to people feeling hard done by because they couldn't live their normal privileged lives.
... oh and let's not get too hung up on WW2. There are people all over the world living daily (sometimes for years) with war, hunger, abuse, wrongful imprisonment etc. etc. who would consider a few weeks of lock-down to be "sheer luxury" (to quote Monty Python's Yorkshiremen) while portions of our society are bleating endlessly about the Government taking their freedom or choosing to ignore the rules put in place for the safety of everyone.
I'm going to reopen this thread but if it continues in the vein it has been then it one of two things will happen: (1) it will be closed permanently and the only updates will be the statistical ones or (2) the offenders will be removed from the Bar completely.