Oh man, this is too funny. Just read this from Robert Barnes' daily rant from today. It appears he isn't on the same page as Bret and I (although I still think a high bar path to amnesty is both strategically optimal and morally appropriate):
"The Covid Authoritarians beg amnesty. Too generous an amnesty only begets the recurrence of the…
Oh man, this is too funny. Just read this from Robert Barnes' daily rant from today. It appears he isn't on the same page as Bret and I (although I still think a high bar path to amnesty is both strategically optimal and morally appropriate):
"The Covid Authoritarians beg amnesty. Too generous an amnesty only begets the recurrence of the original sin. My answer: Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line.
Let us remember their sin. They arrested us en masse in our own homes. They shuttered the schools of learning for our children. They stripped us of simple joys like a visit to the beach, a family trip to the park, a long-planned vacation. They denied us the sacred rituals of church and family alike. They refused us celebrating a marriage, a graduation, a life well lived. They stole from us the chance to say goodbye to our loved ones on their death beds. They robbed decades of dreams from small businesses across the land. They fired us from lifelong jobs we’d spent a lifetime of loyalty to, for the simple request of respecting our bodily integrity and deepest spiritual beliefs. They reallocated wealth from us to Big Tech oligarchs and connected pols. They demanded medical sharia law of masking our faces to merely walk into a store or take a trip, as even autistic kids were shamed or denied a simple plane ride. They corrupted our elections under the guise of pandemic policies, and awarded the most powerful office in the world to a perverted derelict on the cusp of world war and global depression. They coerced unwanted, dangerous drugs into our bodies, drugs that beget disability and death, often for the youngest amongst us.
When we asked questions, they censored us, they shamed us, and they outcast us. They gleefully celebrated lost jobs, lost businesses, and lost lives, for our dissident questions and critiques. They demanded our public flogging and walk of shame for their sins. And now they ask for amnesty?
No, there will be no amnesty. Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line." -Robert Barnes
"Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line" is somewhat of a hyperbole. Every person who truly repents should be forgiven (but of course the offense cannot be forgotten).
The main point here, as I see it, is that most of those people will never be able to truly repent. The magnitude of the crime makes it extremely hard. There will be some rare individuals who'd be able to do that, though.
Oh man, this is too funny. Just read this from Robert Barnes' daily rant from today. It appears he isn't on the same page as Bret and I (although I still think a high bar path to amnesty is both strategically optimal and morally appropriate):
"The Covid Authoritarians beg amnesty. Too generous an amnesty only begets the recurrence of the original sin. My answer: Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line.
Let us remember their sin. They arrested us en masse in our own homes. They shuttered the schools of learning for our children. They stripped us of simple joys like a visit to the beach, a family trip to the park, a long-planned vacation. They denied us the sacred rituals of church and family alike. They refused us celebrating a marriage, a graduation, a life well lived. They stole from us the chance to say goodbye to our loved ones on their death beds. They robbed decades of dreams from small businesses across the land. They fired us from lifelong jobs we’d spent a lifetime of loyalty to, for the simple request of respecting our bodily integrity and deepest spiritual beliefs. They reallocated wealth from us to Big Tech oligarchs and connected pols. They demanded medical sharia law of masking our faces to merely walk into a store or take a trip, as even autistic kids were shamed or denied a simple plane ride. They corrupted our elections under the guise of pandemic policies, and awarded the most powerful office in the world to a perverted derelict on the cusp of world war and global depression. They coerced unwanted, dangerous drugs into our bodies, drugs that beget disability and death, often for the youngest amongst us.
When we asked questions, they censored us, they shamed us, and they outcast us. They gleefully celebrated lost jobs, lost businesses, and lost lives, for our dissident questions and critiques. They demanded our public flogging and walk of shame for their sins. And now they ask for amnesty?
No, there will be no amnesty. Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line." -Robert Barnes
"Never Forget. Never Forgive. Hold the Line" is somewhat of a hyperbole. Every person who truly repents should be forgiven (but of course the offense cannot be forgotten).
The main point here, as I see it, is that most of those people will never be able to truly repent. The magnitude of the crime makes it extremely hard. There will be some rare individuals who'd be able to do that, though.