Wednesday, May 13, 2020

The Shape of Things to Come?

A coronavirus patient was arrested Thursday after prosecutors said he jumped a fence and fled the Nashville Fairgrounds, where health officials are using enforceable quarantines in an attempt to control an outbreak at an emergency homeless shelter. [More]
Life imitates art:



What happens if this becomes more widespread? Talk about separating families...

If ordered to camp, do you think they'll let you bring a gun? How will they identify you to keep track and ensure the entire general population is "sheltered in place"? What happens if you try to leave in terms of authorizations to employ a full continuum of force, from "30 days in the cooler" to floodlights, dogs, and machinegun towers? If food shortages happen, will the guards get priority?

No matter-- "it" could never happen here.

Right?

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