luka
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Most of them aren't Leader of the Free World though and don't - possibly - have power to make it happen.
True, but let's not downplay their influence.
Most of them aren't Leader of the Free World though and don't - possibly - have power to make it happen.
It is weird though, people are completely snapping after three days at home as though they've been stranded in a single room log cabin for the winter. I mean (and if she finds out about this comment I WILL deny everything) Liza keeps moaning about it and I'm thinking; we've been on semi-lockdown for five or six days, in that time we've been out to the shops and for a few other reasons, we've got drugs, we've got a living room with thousands of records, a big telly connected to the internet, we've got shelves full of books, a balcony all along the side of the living room if we need fresh air, we're in contact with all our friends, the cats are there to play with... it could be a billion times worse right?
Basically as I see it as long as you have food and internet so you're connected to everyone you need to be and can occupy your time watching that film you never got round to or that article you meant to read then you should be fine for the lockdown - I don't mean to downplay it, of course you will worry about the virus, your friends and family and so on but for ourselves we should be able to stay in for a few days.
Yeah. Of course. For me it just shows how soft we are in the UK, what a load of gash all this blitz-spirit nonsense is.
i think the panic might be due to the first real estimates of economic damage coming in. the feeling that everyday we keep the biz closed, the hole gets bigger.
Just to be clear, what I said above applies to me and people in a similar situation. I get that there are loads of people who can't contact relatives, who might be disabled or otherwise sick or whatever... have some kind of problem that makes this situation much much worse. I'm not having a go at them. But for me and others like me (and I reckon there are quite a few) who are apparently healthy and have a decent enough place to hunker down in with food and entertainment, it ill behooves us to complain too much when it's far worse for many other people.
Yeah loads of people saying that. Sadmanbarty, Trump, Peter Hitchens, comelately, Matthew Woebot. It's a mainstream viewpoint.