Does the country have to be shutdown? Canadian stats, USA might be the same

[farmerjohn1324]

I feel like it’s a science experiment. Canada everything is pretty much shut down. Essentials are running including supply chain, etc. Some provinces have ramped up and shut down construction and many more non essential services.

Seen Halifax gave a woman a fine and towed her car for going to a closed park, Newfoundland has arrested and fined a couple people who didn’t self isolate after travel.

I’m not in U.S but articles I keep seeing if Florida and New York you’d think theirs nothing wrong.

I mean you’ll never know how bad it could get if every country shuts down so might as well have one run it’s path.

I'm in Florida, near Orlando. Orange County has mandatory lockdown of all but essential services. Although I just drove through yesterday and didn't get questioned. I had a good reason to be traveling.

My county (Seminole) has restaurants doing takeout only. Most businesses can only have 30% capacity, and must keep 6 feet distance between people in public. Although there's obviously not enough police in the world to make sure every human being maintains distance from each other. It relies a lot on people to do their own part. I think many are. Toll booths are closed.

 

[NeedToLearn]

Koreans are not nut jobs? Bitched about Japan and Japanese culture for 20 years while buying their manga and Sony walkman like there was no tomorrow. After K-Pop became a thing ask any Korean about the values and quality of their culture and they all sing hymns to their seeming superior culture, regardless of whether you ask a local Korean or Korean American. Offer an emigration visa to any Western country to every Korean and tomorrow the entire Korean peninsula would be empty.

Well I happen to agree with you on the emigration visa thing. Although I guess Koreans are sort of rethinking how the country isn't as bad as they thought after witnessing this whole covid debacle play out.

The thing with bitching about Japan, that's been going on for almost a century now. I guess that happens when your country gets invaded and have your women get raped in front of husbands, step on infants to death, and kicking pregnant woman's stomach to death while the family is tied up and forced to watch.

I mean, Jews haven't forgot about holocaust, they still drive German cars. Why would S.Korea forget about the years of torture while they buy some Japanese manga lol.

I do agree that Koreans don't necessarily trust their government, especially politicians (who does?). It was KCDC that worked their ass off not the politicians.

K-pop though, that's a mystery. I still don't understand why it became a thing lol.

 

[FrankInLa]

I can't wrap my head around descendents of victims who hold grudges against descendents of the culprits, despite the fact that those descendents are nothing alike their slaughtering grand or grand-grand fathers. Totally escapes me. A completely strange concept. Someone could have raped my grand mother and cut her in pieces alive and I could never hate the grand son of such criminal, especially when the grandson displays the lifestyle of an upright, moral, and honest citizen. Sometimes I think some cultures use hatred because they somehow benefit from hating. Or perhaps they have too little to be proud of themselves, so they must blame others for something some remote forefathers have done. I give up guessing. I simply don't get that concept.

Well I happen to agree with you on the emigration visa thing. Although I guess Koreans are sort of rethinking how the country isn't as bad as they thought after witnessing this whole covid debacle play out.

The thing with bitching about Japan, that's been going on for almost a century now. I guess that happens when your country gets invaded and have your women get raped in front of husbands, step on infants to death, and kicking pregnant woman's stomach to death while the family is tied up and forced to watch.

I mean, Jews haven't forgot about holocaust, they still drive German cars. Why would S.Korea forget about the years of torture while they buy some Japanese manga lol.

I do agree that Koreans don't necessarily trust their government, especially politicians (who does?). It was KCDC that worked their ass off not the politicians.

K-pop though, that's a mystery. I still don't understand why it became a thing lol.

 

[ElCubano]

I'm in Florida, near Orlando. Orange County has mandatory lockdown of all but essential services. Although I just drove through yesterday and didn't get questioned. I had a good reason to be traveling.

My county (Seminole) has restaurants doing takeout only. Most businesses can only have 30% capacity, and must keep 6 feet distance between people in public. Although there's obviously not enough police in the world to make sure every human being maintains distance from each other. It relies a lot on people to do their own part. I think many are. Toll booths are closed.

Where is Mickey?

 

[Cuddles]

I can't wrap my head around descendents of victims who hold grudges against descendents of the culprits, despite the fact that those descendents are nothing alike their slaughtering grand or grand-grand fathers. Totally escapes me. A completely strange concept. Someone could have raped my grand mother and cut her in pieces alive and I could never hate the grand son of such criminal, especially when the grandson displays the lifestyle of an upright, moral, and honest citizen. Sometimes I think some cultures use hatred because they somehow benefit from hating. Or perhaps they have too little to be proud of themselves, so they must blame others for something some remote forefathers have done. I give up guessing. I simply don't get that concept.

Descendants of racist are often brought up w/racist beliefs. Doubt that's just an America thing

 

[FrankInLa]

I don't perceive most Japanese as being racist at all. Neither most Germans. I consider them both to be much more culturally aware and sensitive than most Anglo Saxons. Just my own opinion.

Descendants of racist are often brought up w/racist beliefs. Doubt that's just an America thing

 

[luisHK]

Descendants of racist are often brought up w/racist beliefs. Doubt that's just an America thing

If Frankln is indeed Volpunter he is german, and full of prejudice. So he might be on the defensive here...

 

[Cuddles]

I don't perceive most Japanese as being racist at all. Neither most Germans. I consider them both to be much more culturally sensitive than most Anglo Saxons. Just my own opinion.

It was a generalization of the American perspective of holding grudges to progeny of Germans or some southerners. Japanese colonialism was in agreement w/German's idea of empire building and the superiority of their nation. They did rape their way through most of Asia, so who knows what their racial beliefs were. Their POW & human experimentation point to some subhuman beliefs though.

 

[FrankInLa]

And do you see that reflected in today's citizens of named countries? Sometimes old beliefs get stuck when one does not venture out much. And some cultures perhaps feel most comfortable playing victims forever.

It was a generalization of the American perspective of holding grudges to progeny of Germans or some southerners. Japanese colonialism was in agreement w/German's idea of empire building and the superiority of their nation. They did rape their way through most of Asia, so who knows what their racial beliefs were. Their POW & human experimentation point to some subhuman beliefs though.

 

[Bugenhagen]

I can't wrap my head around descendents of victims who hold grudges against descendents of the culprits, despite the fact that those descendents are nothing alike their slaughtering grand or grand-grand fathers. Totally escapes me. A completely strange concept. Someone could have raped my grand mother and cut her in pieces alive and I could never hate the grand son of such criminal, especially when the grandson displays the lifestyle of an upright, moral, and honest citizen. Sometimes I think some cultures use hatred because they somehow benefit from hating. Or perhaps they have too little to be proud of themselves, so they must blame others for something some remote forefathers have done. I give up guessing. I simply don't get that concept.

I'm mostly Irish by upbringing (American mom) and I certainly don't hate the English, our real history is very intertwined and complex however I have beaten the head off a couple of English guys who were making arsy comments to try and intimidate / humiliate me. Only two in nearly ten years living there off and on. Raised eyebrows more often.

There are times when you let somthing go and times when you really just don't because you are a man and aggressors are going to get different responses as you mature. Conflict is a skill that must be learned and practiced, use it or lose it. I'm pretty good at applying the correct amount and type of response as I had three older brothers. I know when something was overall unintended and just a momentary thing, "every dog has his day" (or dog as had too many bites now). This is a learned skill.

I have a feeling if one looks at childhood development in Korea and Japan etc. one will find a reason for adults not being sensible. The same with the US, a country with many shameless crybullies.