> "When cordons are imposed, “human rights have to be respected,” said Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the World Health Organization,"
Glib words there, Mr. WHO Spokesman!
How do you restrict people to a cordoned area, while respecting their rights?
"Please don't cross this barricade, because I can't do anything to stop you. This gun is a plastic prop issued by the WHO because of your human rights."
Come on, this is purely about sacrificing the few to protect the many. These is no "human rights" about it. It's about the lottery of life handing some people the short straw, and tough luck.
'any cordon must let food, water and medical care reach those inside.' This should be obvious, even to someone with your boolean approach to these issues. I don't think your snark advances the discussion.
I don't agree that those allowances constitute respect for human rights. At least, not full respect.
If that is so, it follows that, for instance, kidnappers respect human rights because they provide food, water and any needed medical care. Kidnappers respect human rights only to the extent to which their actions up to any point in time have not shown them to be complete savages.
Using phrases like "human rights" is obviously not applicable in this situation. We must acknowledge that the rights of people who are forcibly confined in a cordoned are are in fact being trampled on (separately from whether or not we agree with the justification for doing so.)
Pretending that human rights are not trampled on if food, water and medicine are provided into the cordoned doesn't help anything.
The question is: can you agree with it, while properly acknowledging that it involves violation of rights. That's my angle, not "boolean thinking".
Glib words there, Mr. WHO Spokesman!
How do you restrict people to a cordoned area, while respecting their rights?
"Please don't cross this barricade, because I can't do anything to stop you. This gun is a plastic prop issued by the WHO because of your human rights."
Come on, this is purely about sacrificing the few to protect the many. These is no "human rights" about it. It's about the lottery of life handing some people the short straw, and tough luck.