Yes. That's what all these precautions were about. Hysteria never entered into it.
Sure. There's been lots of hysteria going on. We've seen Omni. We've seen waldo ranting about "azzhole joggers" who are going to kill everybody.
I just read
this account of a woman who had to take her kids grocery shopping with her:
Recently, Rebekah Geldart, a single mother of two children in Guelph, Ont., had to take her children to the grocery store with her. Her children’s father was unavailable to help, her parents were under quarantine and her sister is immunocompromised – she had run out of options. “We needed groceries, and the wait times for delivery or pick up were over a week long,” Ms. Geldart says. She instructed her eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter to keep their noses and mouths covered with their balaclavas, and keep their winter gloves on.
“Five separate people stopped me during this trip, only to inform me that my children should not be out,” she says. Some comments were gentler than others, but one woman stopped Ms. Geldart and asked her, “What kind of mother wants her children to die?” Both Ms. Geldart and her two children were shaken and upset by the exchanges. Her children’s behaviour was affected by the experience in the coming days and weeks.How about this LPC riding association chief from Vancouver East:
Snipers? On streets? In Canada?
You heading to the boat launch? The only ones around here that are closed are the ones in Provincial Parks, which were all closed. No hysteria there. I would presume the ones in Ontario that were closed were due to the party crowds that congregate around ski boats. They wanted to avoid Covidiots getting together in busy areas.
You can be certain that people who break social distancing rules in public are breaking social distancing rules in private. At least if they're doing it in public they can be lectured, dispersed, and even fined.
Here's some nuance you missed Kimmy... beaches in BC weren't closed because they weren't crowded. Beaches in Florida had to be closed because they were packed with idiots who weren't following the rules. You are ignoring a huge difference there. Did Omni ever propose our beaches be closed?
Here's some other nuance you missed Kimmy.... you weren't complaining that you weren't allowed to go to a boat ramp... or a beach... or out in the woods or to parks... because you could do all of those things. You complained about not being able to go to the bar.
You are ignoring all nuance just for the sake of complaining. No one here has even argued that boat ramps should be closed! But you are now fixated on that?? You don't want to go to the bar anymore?
Yes, I'm still very much looking forward to going to the bar. I was talking about the boat launch because it's such a ludicrous example of stuff being closed for no sensible reason.
I already talked about this earlier in the thread:
To me the most exasperating thing about the shutdowns are the one-size-fits-all nature of the shutdown.
It seems ridiculous to me that a venue that seats 20 people is treated the same as a venue that seats 2000 people or 20,000 people. It seems ridiculous to me that a pottery class is treated the same as a gym or a yoga class. I don't think a sit-down restaurant poses the same risks as a shopping mall food court. I don't think a neighborhood pub poses the same risks as a packed nightclub with a dance floor full of sweaty people.
(Personal note: I think it's ridiculous that Kim City is treating the kayak club the same as city swimming pools and city fitness centers. Are they afraid the ducks and fish will catch COVID? I don't get it.)
I'm also skeptical that the same measures are necessary in Saskatchewan as in Ontario. And I'm skeptical that the same measures are necessary in Kenora Ontario as in downtown Toronto.
My kayak being locked up was probably the single stupidest thing I can think of. The kayak club is apparently under the same umbrella of regulation as city swimming pools and gyms. Something like that, I guess. They're finally open.
But since you're so focused on it: yes, I'm still looking forward to the bar. The actual bar countertop might not be open for a long time, but the tables and patios should be able to open fairly soon. And I will be there.
-k