Walking in the world barefoot is a natural and normal thing. We should all probably be doing more of it, not shaming people for it.
The issue is mostly one of public health that has materially adverse affects on others.
Maybe it would be like driving on the highway without snowtires in the winter: it's reckless and you're going to hurt people. I think if most of us saw that happening (it happens) it kind of makes you mad to see how irresponsible it is.
Also the commentor above wrote about 'voting' concerning masks - it's not such a simple issue.
Democracy is not a 'Tyranny of the Majority'. It's why we have Constitutions etc.. Requiring people to do stuff in the normal course of their day is a pretty big step, we have to be mindful of regulating normative behaviours. It's easy to let rights slide away, we should have a bit better of a process for these kinds of things, and maybe tuck in a couple of laws after this is over for that purpose because the Courts don't have a lot to work with on a lot of these things.
Walking in the world barefoot is a natural and normal thing. We should all probably be doing more of it, not shaming people for it.
The issue is mostly one of public health that has materially adverse affects on others.
Maybe it would be like driving on the highway without snowtires in the winter: it's reckless and you're going to hurt people. I think if most of us saw that happening (it happens) it kind of makes you mad to see how irresponsible it is.
Also the commentor above wrote about 'voting' concerning masks - it's not such a simple issue.
Democracy is not a 'Tyranny of the Majority'. It's why we have Constitutions etc.. Requiring people to do stuff in the normal course of their day is a pretty big step, we have to be mindful of regulating normative behaviours. It's easy to let rights slide away, we should have a bit better of a process for these kinds of things, and maybe tuck in a couple of laws after this is over for that purpose because the Courts don't have a lot to work with on a lot of these things.