Before I throw this at everyone here, I wanted to point out there is a bit of a shortage of blood donations due to the recent social distancing experiment.  Even if you are not cursed with a relatively rare blood type like I am, your precious bodily fluids are highly prized.  So prized, they will pay you absolutely nothing, but will be really, really nice to you.

They’ll even pretend to mean it.

This is my review of Clown Shoes  Don’t Fear the Blender IPA

The thought experiment comes from the good folks in Kentucky, where a man diagnosed with CoronaChineseBatWuhanyouknowwhatIamtalkingabout virus COVID-19, refused treatment against the recommendations of medical professionals at a hospital, and even refused to quarantine himself.

Ever notice only politicians wear green neckties?

The state’s solution was to surround his home with police to keep him in his house.

“It’s a step I hoped that I’d never have to take,” Beshear said in a conference on Saturday. “But I can’t allow one person who we know has this virus to refuse to protect their neighbors.”

Where the thought experiment comes in:  does reckless disregard for others constitute a violation of NAP?

If any action taken by the state is ultimately backed by the threat of violence, where in this case they made it abundantly clear by posting police outside his door, it stands to reason Kentucky man is threatening others by refusing to quarantine.

Refusing treatment is besides the point here, because self-ownership rules the day.  A terminal cancer patient can refuse treatment; doctors cannot necessarily treat you against your wishes.

Knowingly walking around in public with an infectious disease on the other hand can be argued as a form of aggression.  If one goes by the assumption violence from the state is justified if the circumstance would warrant a equal or greater violence in return should it be done to an individual.  As Penn Gillette explains with the rhetorical question would you use a gun to enforce (insert pet issue here)?

I’ll learn to stop pressing the trigger, when you learn to cover your mouth.

Which means the question we are ultimately distilling down, is should an Asian man sneeze on you, are you planning to shoot him?  I sincerely hope not.

If you are not willing to do that, maybe we ought to tone down some of the shenanigans over Asians?  Criticize their government, it is probably warranted as the virus did indeed originate there and it isn’t racist to say so.  Beating up the guy delivering your take out because your uncle’s job at the plant got sent overseas or because you suddenly got the sniffles however, is a bit of a reach.  Cut it out.

Otherwise, this type of disregard for the safety of others is arguably similar to the guy at the gun range with terrible trigger discipline.  It is well within the rights of the range owner/management to ask him to leave; even do so in the event he returns.  I don’t see it differently here, especially with the fatality estimates in the United States being as low as .05%.  A reasonable solution might be to make Kentucky man famous, and allow an informed but free society choose to not associate with him for the time being.  The fun part?  Due to this HHS memo linked here, they can do that without violating medical privacy laws.

Unless somebody else has a better idea that doesn’t involve imprisoning people in their own homes.

 

At least there is no shortage of booze.  Clown Shoes has made a variety of innovative styles and this is certainly one of those.  The floaters are there on purpose.  It’s actually small chunks of ground up fruit that is reminiscent of Rani Float. The tartness of the berries oddly enough make this IPA tolerable, but floating fruit will probably throw you off. Especially given chunks in beer are typically a sign of bad beer.  They get points for trying something different.   Clown Shoes Don’t Fear the Blender IPA:  3.2/5