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#266723 - 04/10/2005 15:19 just wow.
lastdan
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Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
I really don't like the sound of this. And I'm not talking about birds.


"If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?" Bush asked at a news conference.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051004/ts_nm/bush_birdflu_dc

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#266724 - 04/10/2005 15:35 Re: just wow. [Re: lastdan]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1919
Loc: London
Here's a couple of links if you're worried (about the flu not GW):

Bird Flu for beginners

Bird Flu

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#266725 - 04/10/2005 15:36 Re: just wow. [Re: lastdan]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I, for one, welcome our new automatic-weapon-toting, quarantine-enforcering overlords!
/slashdot cynic

Ha- no, really, next they'll be talking about mandatory work without pay.. you know, just so the economy doesn't collapse.
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#266726 - 04/10/2005 16:02 Re: just wow. [Re: Robotic]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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...talking about mandatory work without pay...


My company does that today. It is called mandatory unpaid overtime...
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#266727 - 04/10/2005 16:34 Re: just wow. [Re: pgrzelak]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
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My company does that today. It is called mandatory unpaid overtime...

Yes, but your government isn't holding a gun to your head to go to work, which was my intended cynical point.
You are currently free to leave your job, if you so desire.
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#266728 - 05/10/2005 01:29 Re: just wow. [Re: lastdan]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Interesting. One extreme in me says, "Is this Bush & Co. leveraging fears from Hurricane Katrina's unpreparedness and widespread destruction to gain powers he really shouldn't have?"

The other extreme in me says, "Um, do they plan to quarantine the ducks and other virus-carying waterfowl? Will the National Guard be used for one big game of Duck Hunt?"

Either way, the mass extermination of poltury that happened because of this was really really sad.
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