You have misread me. I spent over 20k turning a house into a well stocked fortress with a built in generac and a thousand gallon propane tank. I built a **** bug in fortress because of the pressures to which you allude - I have not forgotten a MOTHER **** thing. No - I remember every **** bit of it. I could testify quite knowledgeably before the world court or to a hastily convened military tribunal held in a building on the execution grounds.DeezerShoove » 09 Aug 2023, 1:26 pm » wrote: ↑ At the time, 3 years ago, we all had limited amounts of info to work with. This amid chaos of the world shutting down, no cure in sight. Months of sheer terror for some watching loved ones die. The gloom could be watched spreading, worsening.
Businesses not just closing but ceasing to exist at all. Basics were getting thin on the shelves. Entire countries imposing onerous lockdowns under pain of jail time.
Our country considering letting all those poor covid potentials out of jail. Chaotic contradictions.
Suddenly a respite. A rushed but potentially relieving vaccine. Those months of draining your savings, out of work, maybe a little light at the end of the tunnel.
There is, of course, more but you get my point.
You seem to forget that slow death feeling.
That is the "20/20 it-wasn't-so-bad hindsight" you want me dismiss.
Looking back and reducing that to a simple black and white, yes or no, disregards the very real fear of the unknown.
People were scared, reacted to that emotion, you are saying the learning curve didn't exist.
Taking the vax was a choice, of course. But the perceived stakes changed over time.
That is your error.
Doesn't matter to me what analogy of terror you throw at me.Cannonpointer » 09 Aug 2023, 3:24 pm » wrote: ↑ You have misread me. I spent over 20k turning a house into a well stocked fortress with a built in generac and a thousand gallon propane tank. I built a **** bug in fortress because of the pressures to which you allude - I have not forgotten a MOTHER **** thing. No - I remember every **** bit of it. I could testify quite knowledgeably before the world court or to a hastily convened military tribunal held in a building on the execution grounds.
You talk about pressure like it is some kind of anomaly. If it is, God bless ya - you've done well.
Trust me. When a cell block bully wants that man ******, the pressures are just as complex an unsortable and panicky as the WORST day in 2020. The pressure will come from all sides, and the simplest thing is ALWAYS to just give up the ****** and make all the other threats go away. In fact, most of those guys will let you barter for a handjob or a blow job, just to get the ball rolling. But in the end, it's salad tossing and laundry doing and taking sissy slaps.
The best thing is always to just say no to bullies. It's scary. But it's a **** of a lot simpler than explaining how saying yes was magically the moral equivalent of saying no.
Because it wasn't. It just wasn't. No, really - it wasn't. Saying yes against your wishes is never the moral equivalent of standing up for yourself. Not before you explain it. Not during explaining it. Not after explaining it. Not ever.
Standing up for yourself is morally better than letting yourself be pushed around.
Your "herbivores, carnivores - we're all vores" argument just doesn't sway me, bro. The idea that I would be the same man had I caved? I just don't buy it.
First, I am not speaking to your particulars. I'm speaking to mine, and to those - I know several, personally - who DID fear the vax and got it anyway. Then there are those who believed in the virus scare stories AND in the vax, and got it for that reason. I'm not indicting everyone. I'm also not excusing anyone. I'm standing alone because I do not trust my countrymen. I'm HOPING there are enough of us to put this thing right - and putting it right absolutely involves some firing squads. I see two possible futures. One involves me starving in the street as a man who can neither buy nor sell for he will not take the mark. The other involves military tribunals and mass graves. The only word I choose to describe the crime we are parsing about is biblical.DeezerShoove » 09 Aug 2023, 7:07 pm » wrote: ↑ Doesn't matter to me what analogy of terror you throw at me.
This decision was based on as I told you before that I didn't fear the government created vax anymore than the government created disease. That part was completely a wash. It really didn't matter to me if I got it or not. (Lest I confuse the matter: I am referring to either one, vax or disease.)
My decision was based on as I told you before other people needing my cooperation. To me this was always going to be a temporary situation and I would still be with these folks after the fact.
I wasn't trying to prove my manhood or bravery or beat someone to the punch.
Nothing even close to the movie script you're trying to lay at my feet.
There isn't an iota of shame in my actions.
I had the vax. Nothing happened. Conspiracy busted. I am a brave ****.
oh... I had covid. Didn't die. Same same...
ps1
There are MILLIONS of us out there. Knowing where this all led I think we are more on the same path than ever.
You don't think the scary sales job will go down much harder next time? It sure will for me.![]()
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My people to which I refer aren't happy about that brief threat to their careers and family either.
You will have many more resisting and acting like that prison movie next time, Scars.
I agree that this was at the very least a watershed point in history.Cannonpointer » 10 Aug 2023, 7:25 pm » wrote: ↑ First, I am not speaking to your particulars. I'm speaking to mine, and to those - I know several, personally - who DID fear the vax and got it anyway. Then there are those who believed in the virus scare stories AND in the vax, and got it for that reason. I'm not indicting everyone. I'm also not excusing anyone. I'm standing alone because I do not trust my countrymen. I'm HOPING there are enough of us to put this thing right - and putting it right absolutely involves some firing squads. I see two possible futures. One involves me starving in the street as a man who can neither buy nor sell for he will not take the mark. The other involves military tribunals and mass graves. The only word I choose to describe the crime we are parsing about is biblical.
I certainly hope you are correct that those who folded last time will stand as men next time. I strongly doubt it - but I do hope it. In my experience, folders fold and standers stand. If anything, the second time folding is easier. But it's possible. Our population MIGHT have learnt. I just strongly doubt it. I say all they learnt was how to bow before Mammon.
The MSM would be popping corks and laughing about it.
Yeah, a huge percentage of the the vaxed people are always getting sick now .....Fuelman » 17 Aug 2023, 9:19 am » wrote: ↑ Natural Immunity!
The week prior to school starting the wife had multiple meetings with the Special Ed Teacher and school Phycologist, they are both vaccinated to the hilt and both out of work this week with COVID.
As of this morning, the wife feels fine.
That's what happens when there is a doctor shortage due to a high mortality rate because of multiple vaxinations ....especially in rural areas where most of the doctors were over the age of 40.....Bob » 16 Aug 2023, 7:53 am » wrote: ↑ "Nurses alone in the emergency department “will be able to provide comfort measures and some first aid…or phone 911 if the person presenting is in immediate medical distress.”
Free experimental injections and medical care.
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