Phantasmal (03-31-2020)
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Not actually. Woodrow Wilson’s response to the American public about the Spanish flu was absolutely identical to Trumps. He lied. He was more concerned about panic and the political consequences or how it would affect the war effort than he was about public health.
Interestingly when he could no longer quash the news the primary response was essentially the same. Social distancing and quarantines were implemented.
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Phantasmal (03-31-2020)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
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- -- Aristotle
Phantasmal (03-31-2020)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
FUCK THE POLICE (03-31-2020)
cancel2 2022 (03-31-2020), canceled.2021.2 (03-31-2020)
Technically Wilson did not order the Philadelphia liberty bond parade FYI, it was the decision of the Philly health inspector to allow it to go forward
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
They found that sunlight killed the virus so they moved patient beds outside during the day then back into tents at night. They also gave plasma from recovered patient to sick patients much like the plasma therapy we are starting today. The plasma given in the Spanish flu cut death rates in half for patients that received the plasma'
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Last edited by ExpressLane; 03-31-2020 at 06:20 PM.
cancel2 2022 (04-01-2020)
I've always detested Wilson, but, I also have a difficult time attacking him on this one issue. The Krauts practically begged us to enter the war by engaging in the stupidest diplomatic blunder in history via the Zimmermann Telegram. Not quite as automatic as Hitler simply declaring war on us, but, pretty damned close.
That said, Wilson is remembered as the most straightforwardly racist president of all time.
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AProudLefty (03-31-2020)
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