(05-13-2021, 12:44 PM)drussell41 Wrote: Ohio is rolling out vaccine lotteries. If you're 12-17, you may be eligible to win a full, four-year scholarship to university. If over, $1 million. The governor talked about it with a happy, shining face.
I am beyond morally repulsed by this, especially the bribing aimed toward the young.
Is this the carrot that comes before the stick?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...-1-million
It comes down to a question of what one believes one's life is worth, in dollars and cents. Is it worth risking a 1 in one thousand chance of dying to take a 1 in one million chance of hitting the lotto? I'm not sure what the actual numbers are, but that is the general idea.
The state of Ohio has the added incentive that, if the lotto winner dies, they don't actually have to pay off the million dollar bribe...
And if that is the carrot before the stick, they're gonna need a bigger stick when they get to here, because that carrot is not anywhere near enough for me to risk my one and only life on something as frivolous as this covid vaccine.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’