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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Man, I never knew you were so high handed and pompous.
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Well, since you've been arguing with me here for years and you seem to have just figured it out, I guess I can't be *that* high-handed and pompous.
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The sushi joint owner is just trying to economically survive. He's a small businessperson who is willing to put himself at risk to stay afloat and inviting others who are willing to put themselves at risk to do so. Caveat emptor. (Particularly now, as omicron is a variant so weak the only thing he's likely to give patrons is an annoying cold-like experience.)
Do you really think this little guy was supposed to just roll over and watch his business get hammered?
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First of all, pretend I work in an industry severely impacted by the pandemic, and have just spent the last two years surviving an existential threat to our business. I don't have to pretend it, but apparently you do. There is a difference between surviving, and surviving by doing things that will make other people sick and threaten their life. The sushi owner is choosing a path that hurts other people, and that's what makes it selfish. Not all of us impacted by the pandemic did that. But he didn't stop there -- he went on TV to bitch about the hospitals, as if it's their fault, some imaginary mistake in hospital management that is killing people, not the fact that jackasses like him are making selfish decisions that are putting people in this hospital. Sure, blame the nurses.
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I'd say your high-handed elevation of what you think is most important over his, and the temerity to judge the guy on top of it, demonstrates exactly the voice that needs to be eliminated from policy discussions.
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Are you shitting me? What about that guy's viewpoint needs to be represented in policy discussions?
If someone built a business picking up garbage in your neighborhood and dumping it in your yard instead of taking it to the landfill, you wouldn't say we need a policy discussion that reflects all viewpoints. You would say, fuck that.
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And it's also worth noting the sushi restaurant owner isn't much different than Jeff Bezos, who invited me into his store every day thru the pandemic, and whose invitation I accepted - Daily.
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There is a big, big difference between following the rules, flawed as they may be, and going on television to bitch about the rules and blame things on the hospitals. I like restaurants. They're not typically run by public health professionals. They shouldn't be making the rules in a pandemic.
What I don't get is why you think there's something "pompous" about not wanting people to sick, go to the hospital, and die. Like good health is something that only pointy-headed intellectuals should care about? Why is it "high handed" for me to want people not get sick, but not for Mr Sushi not to care? WTF is wrong with you?
