O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[BanjoPie]

Haha.

You do know that a government is able to set laws to protect its citizens for the greater good. You have probably heard of a speed limit before - do you think we should ditch them and rely on personal responsibility?

On the one hand you argue we should rely on individual personal responsibility to get us out of a pandemic but on the other hand people now following the new laws are ‘idiots’?

This government are playing the general public for complete morons.

I appear to be conversing with one of them!

[countygump]

Anyone else making a claim?

[Elite_Pie]

I appear to be conversing with one of them!

Sorry Banjo, but I think you need to retune your instrument because a few of your strings seem to be broken. The speed limit analogy was a brilliant one, because if the government said "we really want you to obey the speed limits on the sign, but we'll leave it down to your personal responsibility" how do you think that would pan out? That's effectively what they are saying now on a number of issues like mask wearing and holidays, and while me and you and many others will mostly try to do the right thing, there are plenty of people who won't. You don't have to look any further than this government if you want a few examples, and I'll give you Cummings and Hancock for starters.

[BanjoPie]

Sorry Banjo, but I think you need to retune your instrument because a few of your strings seem to be broken. The speed limit analogy was a brilliant one, because if the government said "we really want you to obey the speed limits on the sign, but we'll leave it down to your personal responsibility" how do you think that would pan out? That's effectively what they are saying now on a number of issues like mask wearing and holidays, and while me and you and many others will mostly try to do the right thing, there are plenty of people who won't. You don't have to look any further than this government if you want a few examples, and I'll give you Cummings and Hancock for starters.

The speed limit analogy is a good one in regards to people breaking the law and not following the rules - yes we need the government to have rules etc but when we were in full lockdown the ‘idiots’ were at it again, students & mostly youngsters breaking the rules and having house parties - this is fact not supposition and the same people are doing it again. We cannot be under lockdown laws forever, we do need to start living again ‘carefully’ but as I said, the idiots like the ones in the news article at the nightclub will keep this bloody virus circulating forever.

[Elite_Pie]

The speed limit analogy is a good one in regards to people breaking the law and not following the rules - yes we need the government to have rules etc but when we were in full lockdown the ‘idiots’ were at it again, students & mostly youngsters breaking the rules and having house parties - this is fact not supposition and the same people are doing it again. We cannot be under lockdown laws forever, we do need to start living again ‘carefully’ but as I said, the idiots like the ones in the news article at the nightclub will keep this bloody virus circulating forever.

You seem to be missing the point. I agree those "students & mostly youngsters breaking the rules and having house parties" were indeed idiots. Because they were breaking the rules. Those in the nightclub were not breaking any rules, they were simply doing what the government has told them they are now allowed to do. Do you not see the difference?

[Mapperleypie]

You seem to be missing the point. I agree those "students & mostly youngsters breaking the rules and having house parties" were indeed idiots. Because they were breaking the rules. Those in the nightclub were not breaking any rules, they were simply doing what the government has told them they are now allowed to do. Do you not see the difference?

It's quite a simple premise. I'm not sure why Banjo doesn't get it.