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Finally.......things may be turning in the right direction
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I don't know how this will play out.......I'm just glad to see people finally standing up and fighting back.
A little outdated I know but you get the point #WeWantToPlay
We need leaders.
Not poll watchers.
This crisis is showing the difference between the two.
Take a stand for what you think is right, regardless of what the scoffers say.
The popular opinion is not always the right one.time for some courage.
Courage may mean you stand up and wear a mask when the rest of your family is not for them.
Courage may mean you decide to live again and stop hiding.
This is not "Let's Make a Deal." There is no "correct" curtain to choose. There are major consequences to choosing either path.
Leaders will decide which one is best, make the choice, and sleep well at night.
They won't check Twitter for responses...
Good stuff as always canedawg
This is 100% how I feel. Thanks for putting it into words!
But if a kid player gets sick and dies at home the school is not responsible. That is what this is all about. This is all about potential liability.
I have a feeling if we went back to any previous year and tracked and recorded the normal seasonal flu the way we have Covid we would see similar numbers.
If Covid wasn't being crammed down your throat every day would you even know it existed? Where you live, are people dropping like flies. Are your hospitals overflowing? Do you have several close relations who are deathly ill? I know exactly two people who have tested positive. Both are fine.
I am sorry for those who have lost loved ones, but never in the course of human history has there been such an overreaction to a disease. And hiding from it only prolongs it's existence. There won't be a vaccine (there isn't a Swine Flu vaccine). As someone said in another thread...just rip the band-aid off. Tell your politicians you have had enough. Time to get back to normal.
If leaders fear what the masses will say (public opinion) or the court system when and if things inevitably do not go as planned, and decide not to take the PROPER course of action because of that fear, then they are not fit to lead.
Our society has become very litigious. Because of that the general trend seems to be to avoid anything that "could get you sued."
In reality, we all do things every day that could end up with us in court.
Do your research. Seek wise counsel. Make the decision. Screw social media, the noise, the wave of negativity, or the potential (often low percentage) consequences.
If the decision is made this way, then it's a responsible one.
If the decision is made by "which one is less likely to get me sued..." or "which one is less likely to be second-guessed, and not based on what is best for who you represent, then that one is based on cowardice.
Call me ignorant. Say I am old fashioned. Say I am out of touch. I call it integrity and courage. I think we need more men and women with those qualities in charge.
Decisions should be made on principle. Simple as that.
I agree. Unfortunately, our public leaders are largely a group of lawyers. Everything they do is based on fear of being sued and/or being re-electable. It's not about right or wrong, or principles, or even Constitutionality...it's about votes and control. Currently there seems to be a HUGE voting base that supports lawlessness, unreasonable lockdowns, and a general destruction of American rights and values. Covid fits in perfectly with their agenda of control, fear, division and revolution.
Perspective. Practicing risk management, for me, is not cowardice. Have you ever been sued by another party? I have and can tell you our legal system is completely jacked up.
I am currently still involved in a lawsuit dating back to October 2013. My employee was driving a company vehicle when involved in a wreck. The other vehicle ran a red light and was T-boned by my employee. The man’s wife in the passenger seat was killed instantly. There’s more to the story about why he ran the red light, but my employee did nothing wrong AND the accident was witnessed by a police officer. Yet here I sit with an appeal still pending before the Ga Supreme Court, and a potential trial still on the horizon.
I am also party to another lawsuit which is believed to represent the first time in the history of the United States where a plaintiff was awarded damages as a result of an injury sustained by her own dog. That’s right. A woman was bit by her own dog and sued my business. My customer’s dog got out and was attacked by the neighbor’s Jack Russell Terrier. The owner of the JRT picked up her dog, which then bit her in the face. We were not even present at the time, yet because we had been there earlier and had the big liability policy we were included in the suit. Three years later, no negligence on my part but my customer was found liable by 12 idgits in Dekalb Co for his female neighbor being bitten by her own freaking dog. $150,000 jury verdict. Crazy, huh?
I’m all for reopening, but I understand there are real variables the leaders of these institutions must address.
Very interesting. The people down voting are the ones with an agenda. Sad.
Hahaaaaa! Jokes, guys.
Folks being afraid of "liability" is a cop out, period. These universities face liability concerns daily. You can sue anyone for anything now days.
Most of these universities have teams of lawyers, they are not that concerned about being sued, I promise you.
The real concern for them is their image and how they are portrayed, and believe it or not most colleges are predominantly liberal. There are some with political agendas as well.
Great post Tex!!!!
100% agree with everything you said!!
Concur.
Yep and ditto.
Are you talking about a virus that escaped a BSL-4 lab? Good luck controlling that.
Jenga...
Another piece is removed.
Everyone just be ready. You can keep taking things from people over and over and over and expect it ("it" means a lot of things!) to stay upright...
Hopefully.......somehow.......OSU, Nebraska and Iowa buck the system.......join the Big 12 for a season.
Would love to see the ridiculously liberal big 10 presidents with their mouths hanging open......what.....what....what......that's not supposed to happen.