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James Riley

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This discussion reminds me of Godwin's Law. It used to be a way to throw shade. But then Trump came along and it kind faded because, well, . . .
August 26, 2021 at 19:08
There is. The public sits on it. I sit on it. The policy makers sit on it. You *should* sit on it. But you sound like a party, or an advocate; not a f...
August 26, 2021 at 18:47
Life, quite literally, has nothing better to do. That is not to say that non-life isn't doing anything worthwhile. It's existence is equal to life. It...
August 26, 2021 at 17:50
As a lay person, I won’t pretend to engage the merits of anything said by the 30 experts you reference. Instead, I will stipulate to some facts about ...
August 26, 2021 at 17:31
As one wag said to an anti-vaxxer: "So you don't want to be part of a government research project? Guess what? You're in the control group."
August 26, 2021 at 04:02
America's mullet.
August 26, 2021 at 03:49
From what I hear, that is also true for getting it, only the antibodies go away sooner than that. No, I don't have a cite.
August 26, 2021 at 03:48
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August 25, 2021 at 23:28
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August 25, 2021 at 22:49
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August 25, 2021 at 22:44
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August 25, 2021 at 21:58
I usually don't do this, but give me an example. We've talked about air pollution. I already defeated you on that. Give me another. Oh, wait, I found ...
August 25, 2021 at 20:49
No. The exemptions from the recommendations are specified. You're just saying that because it's a recommendation it must be an exception. That's illog...
August 25, 2021 at 20:24
I'm not banging on about exceptions. You asked if I did anything that risked others and I said I did, within the scope of recommendations. They recomm...
August 25, 2021 at 20:20
Because of my familiarity with Americans, particularly Trump supporting Republicans and their ilk. There are a few people who are vax-hesitant with go...
August 25, 2021 at 19:49
Sacrifices? Distancing, wearing a mask, washing your fucking hands and getting free shot? Oh, here, let me shed a tear. I guess folks these days have ...
August 25, 2021 at 19:24
If you can't do that on your own, they you can't think for yourself, not withstanding the fact that is what you accuse me of not being able to do. LOL...
August 25, 2021 at 19:20
I don't know, I haven't done the math. But I know it's way more than those killed by guns. Regardless, you cherry picked the 600k without factoring in...
August 25, 2021 at 19:08
First of all, we'd have to define "miniscule." 600k dead in the U.S alone, not including those who just get sick, and the tapping of health care resou...
August 25, 2021 at 18:46
True that. I think those that don't want to vax, and all those they socialize with, should do just that. If any of them want to come out and mingle wi...
August 25, 2021 at 18:31
First, I'd rather you think on your own two feet. One wag on this site once linked an article that went on forever, I read it, and found it had nothin...
August 25, 2021 at 17:40
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August 25, 2021 at 17:18
It is difficult to argue with those (you, for example) who love the illogical, two-valued, dualistic thinking. My moralizing about people smarter than...
August 25, 2021 at 16:57
Doctor Frankenstein recommend the vaccine and his monster boo'd him. They must be scientists that know better than the good doctor. https://www.bbc.co...
August 25, 2021 at 16:31
Apparently you are incapable of understanding argument. Let me try to dumb it down for you one more time. Here, hold my hand: Society has made judgeme...
August 25, 2021 at 16:23
Because anthropologists, archeologists, sociologists and other experts have shown that man is a social creature. A pack animal, if you will. Public li...
August 25, 2021 at 16:02
I do. I not only use my own intelligence, experience and wisdom in an effort to avoid harming others, but I likewise take the advice, requests, recomm...
August 25, 2021 at 15:57
It all depends on where you place the baseline. The baseline is participating in public life. Discos didn't come along until much later. Nor are they ...
August 25, 2021 at 15:43
I know that society, and people smarter than you, make the call. There was a day, a long time ago, where drinking and driving was not taboo, or as tab...
August 25, 2021 at 15:41
I will add this, regarding the prophylactic issue: Society, and people in it that are smarter than you, with infinitely more experience than you will ...
August 25, 2021 at 15:19
It doesn't. As I said, you can avoid all you want. But you do NOT have the right to spread your filthy disease to me if you get it, especially when yo...
August 25, 2021 at 15:13
No, it's not. I will try to tone it down. Thank you for the reminder.
August 25, 2021 at 15:06
I'm not Fauci with his polite "I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people." I'm more of the rage guy when dealing with...
August 25, 2021 at 15:04
Belay my last. Here's a better answer to your question: You are free to avoid prophylactic medicine all you want: just keep your filthy fucking virus ...
August 25, 2021 at 15:00
Because people smarter than you say so.
August 25, 2021 at 14:57
:100: As I said a long time ago, it doesn't matter which straw broke a camel's back. Should some of those other straws not been on there? Maybe, but w...
August 25, 2021 at 14:48
I read a piece about how the MSM, in a rush to prove they could be critical of both sides, are making more out of this than is necessary. It's actuall...
August 25, 2021 at 14:27
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August 25, 2021 at 14:01
You can drink until you die for all I care. But we have actual punitive laws for those who get behind the wheel and risk the lives of others. So, stay...
August 25, 2021 at 13:56
:100: :clap: I'm sure that if people paid attention to directions on how to do it, any adverse side-effects would be ameliorated. Especially if everyo...
August 25, 2021 at 07:08
You didn't speak at all. You wrote. You opined that I was unsuccessful in my intent, and driving people away from the vax. You know, freeing it up for...
August 25, 2021 at 07:03
A year or so ago, rather than go down a rabbit hole on co-morbidities, and whether this or that person would have died anyway, and whether reporting w...
August 25, 2021 at 06:46
Well, according to you, I'm doing you a favor and freeing up the vax for overseas. Can't prove a negative. It's like how many lives were saved by all ...
August 25, 2021 at 06:32
Meh, who gives a shit. That sounds like the investigation into whether this was a wild bat release, or a lab release (intentional or otherwise) or a J...
August 25, 2021 at 06:16
Then you stepped on your dick. If I am failing in my efforts to gin up U.S. demand then you would champion my driving them away. But since you walked ...
August 25, 2021 at 06:05
I happen to agree with the concept of the social contract, as amended, or interpreted by the United States Constitution. Our founding fathers went ove...
August 25, 2021 at 02:50
Definitely the former, and not simply "might", but "probably", on the latter. I don't think a Right (compare "privilege") should be infringed because ...
August 25, 2021 at 01:20
I didn't mean to be cryptic. You encouraged me to spend "time thinking about the people who deal everyday with the death and destruction brought about...
August 25, 2021 at 00:59
Like I said, do the math and we talk about which people we might better worry about.
August 25, 2021 at 00:27