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Why I Stop at All Stop Signs …
And Why I Wear a Mask in Public
There have been lots of emotion regarding “Safe At Home” and “Safe At Work”. Protesters with automatic weapons are arguing it is their right to do the various activities they did before the pandemic. Skip social distancing, skip wearing masks, go shopping in a crowded store, go swimming, go to church, and more.
We don’t need no stop signs!
If their logic is true then I should be have the right to NOT stop at all stop signs. If I am killed in a car wreck that is my prerogative. Not a logical one but none-the-less my prerogative. Stopping at that octagonal red sign is infringing on my right to arrive at my destination a minute or two sooner. Maybe I will be late to work and get fired. Maybe I will be late to arrive at the Emergency Department of the local hospital to be with my loved one who’s death is imminent due to an accident or heart failure or stroke. Or maybe I am just always in a hurry. My prerogatives. Not your right to stop me.
BUT … On the opposite side of that argument should be the fact I might also kill some innocent person when I fail to stop as I exercise my prerogative. That impact…
