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@msufan, I'm all for looking on the bright side. Having said that, I've been under a 24-hour curfew for the last 5 days (unable to go even to a supermarket) and I don't think you can understand how it messes with your head. You can literally go to jail if you leave your home without a very specific reason. It has never been this easy to get on the wrong side of the law for nothing.
If you can play sports, drive your car and be outside without a solid excuse, you are not even under what I would call a real lockdown. Don't tell millions of people around the world who are under a strict lockdown that they can enjoy nice weather or play sports because they CAN'T (unless you count walking in circles or banging your head against the wall).
Stuck in their small dark apartments (most people around the world don't live in houses with big backyards so they can't get outside at all), they don't care that the weather has been great. They can't even get outside to enjoy it because it's illegal for a stupid, illogical reason. Many have been waiting months to finally enjoy warmer temperatures and sunny weather and now they're told to stay at home without knowing how much longer they have to be stuck inside. It's like teasing a starving person with a pizza. Hey it's so tasty, too bad you can't enjoy it but yeah, it's such a nice pizza outside!
Then there's the problem of money. You might be able to continue working but many can't. Their businesses go bankrupt, they lose their jobs, their friends and family lose their businesses or jobs and there's no end in sight. Who cares that they have free time if they might not be able to afford food soon?
Yeah, we should look for the good things but it's (understandably) extremely hard for those who are under a 24-hour curfew, putting up with all the dumb restrictions and seeing governments taking advantage of the situation to impose dystopian-like "laws" and penalties (for sitting ALONE in a park, being in the ocean away from others, taking a walk to maintain sanity, or endless other victimless "crimes").
Over and over again governments around the world have proven that they won't let any good crisis go to waste. This is not the time to seek justifications for their violations, whether there are some good intentions hiding behind their actions or just pure self-serving motives.
If you can play sports, drive your car and be outside without a solid excuse, you are not even under what I would call a real lockdown. Don't tell millions of people around the world who are under a strict lockdown that they can enjoy nice weather or play sports because they CAN'T (unless you count walking in circles or banging your head against the wall).
Stuck in their small dark apartments (most people around the world don't live in houses with big backyards so they can't get outside at all), they don't care that the weather has been great. They can't even get outside to enjoy it because it's illegal for a stupid, illogical reason. Many have been waiting months to finally enjoy warmer temperatures and sunny weather and now they're told to stay at home without knowing how much longer they have to be stuck inside. It's like teasing a starving person with a pizza. Hey it's so tasty, too bad you can't enjoy it but yeah, it's such a nice pizza outside!
Then there's the problem of money. You might be able to continue working but many can't. Their businesses go bankrupt, they lose their jobs, their friends and family lose their businesses or jobs and there's no end in sight. Who cares that they have free time if they might not be able to afford food soon?
Yeah, we should look for the good things but it's (understandably) extremely hard for those who are under a 24-hour curfew, putting up with all the dumb restrictions and seeing governments taking advantage of the situation to impose dystopian-like "laws" and penalties (for sitting ALONE in a park, being in the ocean away from others, taking a walk to maintain sanity, or endless other victimless "crimes").
Over and over again governments around the world have proven that they won't let any good crisis go to waste. This is not the time to seek justifications for their violations, whether there are some good intentions hiding behind their actions or just pure self-serving motives.
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