CV19 - Cure Worse Than The Disease? (Vol 18)

CV19 - Cure Worse Than The Disease? (Vol 18)

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Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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Elysium said:
PurplePangolin said:
It is you that has called it a conspiracy theory - quelle surprise
Some of the more antagonistic posters bring ‘conspiracy theory’ into discussions because it provides them with a way of insulting people they don’t agree with without openly breaking forum rules.
OK, my ‘theory’ is that Djokovic hasn’t been allowed into the US because he has to follow the same laws as everyone else (which seems fair). Some of you guys have a different ‘theory’ which I would call a conspiracy theory. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. If you’ve evidence that he’s “being made an example of” because he didn’t “take the experimental medicine” then I’m all ears.

Whether the laws are good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to this particular conversation.

Slagathore

5,757 posts

179 months

Sunday 19th March
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/fda-approve...

Nothing about America's vaccine strategy really makes sense.

They're pretty much out there on their own with approvals and recommendations.

Most Countries, like ours, are winding it back in a bit now, but America seem to be carrying on with the jab everything as many times as possible approach.

Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.

KAgantua

3,302 posts

118 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
Can you therefore see how others might view your posts as a spectacular hill to die on?

SWoll

15,864 posts

245 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
OK, my ‘theory’ is that Djokovic hasn’t been allowed into the US because he has to follow the same laws as everyone else (which seems fair). Some of you guys have a different ‘theory’ which I would call a conspiracy theory. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. If you’ve evidence that he’s “being made an example of” because he didn’t “take the experimental medicine” then I’m all ears.

Whether the laws are good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to this particular conversation.
No hurt feelings at all, I wear CT accusations from certain posters as a badge of pride at this point. smile

They'd happily give someone an exclusion if it fitted their agenda, and I'm sure they have done exactly that many times over the past couple of years. In this case they aren't keen on the optics, therefore IMHO it's political theatre rather than slavishly following the rules and ensuring they are applied fairly.

isaldiri

16,259 posts

155 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
So at what stage did the restrictions seem to you to not be pointless and why the difference to now?

Elysium

12,880 posts

174 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
Elysium said:
PurplePangolin said:
It is you that has called it a conspiracy theory - quelle surprise
Some of the more antagonistic posters bring ‘conspiracy theory’ into discussions because it provides them with a way of insulting people they don’t agree with without openly breaking forum rules.
OK, my ‘theory’ is that Djokovic hasn’t been allowed into the US because he has to follow the same laws as everyone else (which seems fair). Some of you guys have a different ‘theory’ which I would call a conspiracy theory. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. If you’ve evidence that he’s “being made an example of” because he didn’t “take the experimental medicine” then I’m all ears.

Whether the laws are good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to this particular conversation
Your final sentence is quite wrong.

Djokovic is undeniably being made an example of, but not in the way you suggest.

The continuation of the vaccine entry restrictions in the USA is stupid, cruel and pointless. The public attention that Djokovic has received should be a catalyst in changing that, but it won’t be, because that would be politically ‘difficult’ for the Govt.

We can all see that keeping the rules in place is idiotic. The only reason the charade is being continued is politics.

Not conspiracy.

Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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KAgantua said:
Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
Can you therefore see how others might view your posts as a spectacular hill to die on?
Yes, if they're hard of thinking. They are two separate issues. The wibbilists continue to use Djokovic to push their conspiracy theories.

PurplePangolin

2,571 posts

20 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
KAgantua said:
Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
Can you therefore see how others might view your posts as a spectacular hill to die on?
Yes, if they're hard of thinking. They are two separate issues. The wibbilists continue to use Djokovic to push their conspiracy theories.
You do realise ( probably not) that one can have an opinion on the vaccine requirements for entry into the US without that opinion being automatically ascribed to a conspiracy theory?

Who is the hard of thinking when they can’t differentiate between CT “wibble” and the quite obvious dichotomy of the US covid vaccine policy?

Douglas Quaid

2,005 posts

72 months

Sunday 19th March
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I don’t see the conspiracy theory behind people saying the US rules are pointless. They have a large pharmaceutical industry and are one of only two countries in the world where advertising pharmaceutical products is legal. Of course they’re going to jab as many as possible, it doesn’t matter whether it does anything against covid, it makes more money.

Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
So at what stage did the restrictions seem to you to not be pointless and why the difference to now?
I don’t ruminate on the subject and I haven’t been to the US since 2019 so I’ve given it no real thought. I’ve given you my opinion based on the time you asked the question.

Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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PurplePangolin said:
Roman Rhodes said:
KAgantua said:
Roman Rhodes said:
isaldiri said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Whether you agree with the US rules or not doesn't matter - he clearly isn't being made an example of.
agreed that Djokovic isn't specifically being made an example.

Do you agree with the US vaccine entry requirements?
They seem almost entirely pointless at this stage.
Can you therefore see how others might view your posts as a spectacular hill to die on?
Yes, if they're hard of thinking. They are two separate issues. The wibbilists continue to use Djokovic to push their conspiracy theories.
You do realise ( probably not) that one can have an opinion on the vaccine requirements for entry into the US without that opinion being automatically ascribed to a conspiracy theory?

Who is the hard of thinking when they can’t differentiate between CT “wibble” and the quite obvious dichotomy of the US covid vaccine policy?
You are portraying yourself as one of the hard of thinking. In two easy stages:

Opinion on the vaccine requirements for entry to the US = not (necessarily) a conspiracy theory.

Maintaining that Djokovic is being “made an example of” and “it’s about power and control” = conspiracy theory.

HTH

Roman Rhodes

4,531 posts

76 months

Sunday 19th March
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Elysium said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Elysium said:
PurplePangolin said:
It is you that has called it a conspiracy theory - quelle surprise
Some of the more antagonistic posters bring ‘conspiracy theory’ into discussions because it provides them with a way of insulting people they don’t agree with without openly breaking forum rules.
OK, my ‘theory’ is that Djokovic hasn’t been allowed into the US because he has to follow the same laws as everyone else (which seems fair). Some of you guys have a different ‘theory’ which I would call a conspiracy theory. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. If you’ve evidence that he’s “being made an example of” because he didn’t “take the experimental medicine” then I’m all ears.

Whether the laws are good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to this particular conversation
Your final sentence is quite wrong.

Djokovic is undeniably being made an example of, but not in the way you suggest.

The continuation of the vaccine entry restrictions in the USA is stupid, cruel and pointless. The public attention that Djokovic has received should be a catalyst in changing that, but it won’t be, because that would be politically ‘difficult’ for the Govt.

We can all see that keeping the rules in place is idiotic. The only reason the charade is being continued is politics.

Not conspiracy.
OK, in what way is he “being made an example of”?

The conversation is about Djokovic and whether he has been treated fairly. You’re just expanding it include the wider issue of the rules because you want to argue against them. Sorry, but that is irrelevant.

Perhaps you can elaborate (past “difficult’) why you think Senate and Biden won’t take up the bill passed by the House of Representatives and drop the restrictions after April 10? The public health emergency ends on May 11 so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to pass it.

RSTurboPaul

9,148 posts

245 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
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Perhaps you can elaborate (past “difficult’) why you think Senate and Biden won’t take up the bill passed by the House of Representatives and drop the restrictions after April 10? The public health emergency ends on May 11 so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to pass it.
One might wonder exactly what is expected or likely to change in the several weeks between now and the dates mentioned above.

If nothing, one might wonder exactly what the point is of maintaining restrictions that could be removed in an instant with the swoop of a pen on a Presidential Executive Order (if my understanding is correct).

alangla

3,971 posts

168 months

Sunday 19th March
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Sturgeon’s chief clinical adviser seems to have changed his position a bit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/03/19/cl...

RSTurboPaul

9,148 posts

245 months

Sunday 19th March
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Dr John Campbell ponders on a seemingly strange event in Parliament just prior to the Andrew Bridgen speech on injection harms, where it appears a member of the Conservative party prompts members of the opposition to leave the House, amongst other aspects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGcEf2yCok




Bernie Spofforth has posted a tweet that puts forward the suggestion that it was Andrew Mitchell MP involved in the aforementioned event:

https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1637181...

who it appears may have had some prior involvement with the GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) organisation:

https://twitter.com/p_beejal/status/16372411559087...


She has also highlighted a Guardian article suggesting MPs are recipients of funding from drug companies:

https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1637072...

SWoll

15,864 posts

245 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
You are portraying yourself as one of the hard of thinking. In two easy stages:

Opinion on the vaccine requirements for entry to the US = not (necessarily) a conspiracy theory.

Maintaining that Djokovic is being “made an example of” and “it’s about power and control” = conspiracy theory.

HTH
The definition of what constitutes a conspiracy theory is getting broader and broader isn't it?

Used to be that suggesting the world was flat, the moon landings didn't happen or 9-11 was in inside job was the standard. Nowadays suggesting a government is concerned about optics and sticking to the narrative, or that a celebrities tweeting might be motivated by a £5m tax bill, is enough apparently.

How far we've come in such a short space to time..

Elysium

12,880 posts

174 months

Sunday 19th March
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Roman Rhodes said:
Elysium said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Elysium said:
PurplePangolin said:
It is you that has called it a conspiracy theory - quelle surprise
Some of the more antagonistic posters bring ‘conspiracy theory’ into discussions because it provides them with a way of insulting people they don’t agree with without openly breaking forum rules.
OK, my ‘theory’ is that Djokovic hasn’t been allowed into the US because he has to follow the same laws as everyone else (which seems fair). Some of you guys have a different ‘theory’ which I would call a conspiracy theory. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. If you’ve evidence that he’s “being made an example of” because he didn’t “take the experimental medicine” then I’m all ears.

Whether the laws are good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to this particular conversation
Your final sentence is quite wrong.

Djokovic is undeniably being made an example of, but not in the way you suggest.

The continuation of the vaccine entry restrictions in the USA is stupid, cruel and pointless. The public attention that Djokovic has received should be a catalyst in changing that, but it won’t be, because that would be politically ‘difficult’ for the Govt.

We can all see that keeping the rules in place is idiotic. The only reason the charade is being continued is politics.

Not conspiracy.
OK, in what way is he “being made an example of”?

The conversation is about Djokovic and whether he has been treated fairly. You’re just expanding it include the wider issue of the rules because you want to argue against them. Sorry, but that is irrelevant.
No it isn’t. If we are determining the boundaries of discussion then for me making up nonsense about conspiracy theories to antagonise others would be off topic.

Roman Rhodes said:
Perhaps you can elaborate (past “difficult’) why you think Senate and Biden won’t take up the bill passed by the House of Representatives and drop the restrictions after April 10? The public health emergency ends on May 11 so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to pass it.
it’s unreasonable that there are any restrictions at all at the point.




jameswills

2,742 posts

30 months

Sunday 19th March
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SWoll said:
Roman Rhodes said:
The only “political theatre” is the one you’re inventing. If you’re “sure” about these other exemptions then provide examples. It is hard to reconcile the fact that restrictions are due to end in April with your claim that the US government is looking “increasingly draconian and ridiculous”.

Only on PH can a multi-millionaire sports star having to abide by the same laws as everyone else be twisted into a conspiracy theory!
They're the only western nation still continuing with the restriction, against the advice of their own scientific experts, and having stuck with them for almost 12 months longer than the likes of Australia and New Zealand. They chose to extend the restriction in January to the surprise of everyone with zero reasoning given as to why.

If it isn't political theater, then what is it exactly?
Also the fact if he was vaccinated but tested positive for Covid he’d be fine. Or if he came over from Mexico. It’s political theatre for the people that can’t admit this whole charade is nonsense.

jameswills

2,742 posts

30 months

Sunday 19th March
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SWoll said:
No hurt feelings at all, I wear CT accusations from certain posters as a badge of pride at this point. smile

They'd happily give someone an exclusion if it fitted their agenda, and I'm sure they have done exactly that many times over the past couple of years. In this case they aren't keen on the optics, therefore IMHO it's political theatre rather than slavishly following the rules and ensuring they are applied fairly.
Likewise, get called a CT, I know I’m on the right side of things. At least I’m able to make my own views up through the bullst.