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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow long before we start having "John Q" confrontations? How long before some father---
---or mother or child or spouse---DEMANDS a respirator for their loved one at the point of a gun?
The sheer utter desperation is just beginning and desperate people are capable of just about any excess you can imagine. The passion that could save us could also destroy us.
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)"This is America."
Atticus
(15,124 posts)COULD place one "in fear of imminent bodily harm", so---
tanyev
(42,623 posts)and I was at one end of an aisle looking at a cluster of people down at the other end, in front of some products I had on my list, I briefly thought about faking a cough to see how quickly that cluster would clear out. I decided the better plan would be to make a U-turn and come back to that aisle later.
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)I used to cough to cover a fart; now I fart to cover a cough.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Considering there's a possibility of going full-on apocalypto at any point. I think most know what the right thing is, especially when our family's and community's safety is on the line. I'm more heartened by the generous acts of kindness and caring we're seeing everywhere.
area51
(11,923 posts)I'm surprised it hasn't happened before the pandemic.