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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8085167" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I want to believe this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. The multibillion dollar marijuana industry in the US disagrees with you.</p><p></p><p>2. Do you actually think the current federal government would even consider stepping in to <em>uphold</em> a law requiring masks? From what I can see, the feds are one of the biggest sources of the fight against requiring them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything I read in my skim through that doc was about employer/employee relationships. Stores/customers/etc are a different case. Check out these two examples:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-guidance/civil-rights-ada/frequently-asked-questions#43[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Places like stores and service providers are actually forbidden from asking for proof of a medical condition that requires accommodations like service dogs or wheelchairs. Just claiming it is completely sufficient. AFAIK, this has never been challenged in the court for masks, but I suspect it will go the same way.</p><p></p><p>It is unfortunate that years of work to make the world more fair to people disabilities has created a number of backdoors for those that want to abuse the system. And while there may be theoretical penalties for individuals who falsely claim special treatment, the risk is larger for companies that don't want to risk accidentally denying special treatment when asked.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is the part that I find terrifying on a personal level. If I'm in a store and someone else refuses to wear a mask, there's little I can do personally to make them wear it. I could call the police and report it. But if the base charge needs to be trespassing or disturbing the peace, I'm relying on the store to ask the person to don a mask. If the store decides they don't want to get involved, there's nothing I can do. That's why I firmly believe we need much stricter mask laws; the current ones just don't cut it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The anti-vax movement is working very hard to prevent this exact thing, and they're having a depressing amount of success with it.</p><p></p><p>I do admire your positive thinking in all this, I just don't share it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8085167, member: 7808"] I want to believe this. 1. The multibillion dollar marijuana industry in the US disagrees with you. 2. Do you actually think the current federal government would even consider stepping in to [I]uphold[/I] a law requiring masks? From what I can see, the feds are one of the biggest sources of the fight against requiring them. Everything I read in my skim through that doc was about employer/employee relationships. Stores/customers/etc are a different case. Check out these two examples: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-guidance/civil-rights-ada/frequently-asked-questions#43[/URL] Places like stores and service providers are actually forbidden from asking for proof of a medical condition that requires accommodations like service dogs or wheelchairs. Just claiming it is completely sufficient. AFAIK, this has never been challenged in the court for masks, but I suspect it will go the same way. It is unfortunate that years of work to make the world more fair to people disabilities has created a number of backdoors for those that want to abuse the system. And while there may be theoretical penalties for individuals who falsely claim special treatment, the risk is larger for companies that don't want to risk accidentally denying special treatment when asked. This is the part that I find terrifying on a personal level. If I'm in a store and someone else refuses to wear a mask, there's little I can do personally to make them wear it. I could call the police and report it. But if the base charge needs to be trespassing or disturbing the peace, I'm relying on the store to ask the person to don a mask. If the store decides they don't want to get involved, there's nothing I can do. That's why I firmly believe we need much stricter mask laws; the current ones just don't cut it. The anti-vax movement is working very hard to prevent this exact thing, and they're having a depressing amount of success with it. I do admire your positive thinking in all this, I just don't share it. [/QUOTE]
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