But they don't; and many even find it outrageous to be made to think about such things.Sam Vara wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:18 amYes, I certainly agree with the first quoted paragraph. Wearing a mask is easy and I will be doing so. With regard to the equanimity, I tend to differ on the second bit. I guess I should strive for equanimity towards dangerous drivers (they're just heedless; their boss has given them a tight schedule; etc.) but I find it difficult because most people deemed competent to drive should be able to see how obviously dangerous it is.
If most people get away intact with dangerous driving, then how can it still rightfully be called dangerous?
There are so many factors to consider that the matter is too complex for a simple answer. Similar as in driving.In the case of those not wearing masks, though, there is more scope for genuine confusion, due to changed messages from the government, and a justified belief that - as they have been told - the benefits are merely marginal.
With the masks: if they are worn properly, then there are benefits. But considering that most people don't wear them properly, and that it is not realistically possible to make them wear them properly, the benefits are marginal. So what recommendation should the government give?
Most of the time when people drive, regardless of how they drive, no collisions happen. Does that make any kind of driving okay? How to explain this to people, how to motivate them to drive safely?
It's the complexity of the matter that is relevant here. Unless one has developed a whole philosophy of safety and precaution and is willing to consider many factors at once, the matter is pretty much undecidable rationally, so people go by gut feeling (sometimes disguised as "rational reasoning").
I have noticed that people usually need to reach a certain age, have certain life experience when they begin to appreciate safety and precaution, without being anxious about it.
I have also noticed that esp. younger people cannot even imagine thinking about safety and precaution without this making them anxious.
Thus making them kammically innocent?For this reason, I find it much easier to have compassion for the barefaces. If they stopped and thought about it, I don't think many of them would genuinely think they were harming anyone.
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Road rage says otherwise.mikenz66 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:04 amHowever, my main reason for drawing a parallel is that I don't see how requiring someone to wear a mask, wear a seatbelt, drive at less than the speed limit, etc, (or not go naked for that matter) is some sort of heinous violation of rights. They are all in the category of minor inconvenience.
As for equanimity for people not wearing masks, it seems to me to be the same issue as equanimity for people speeding or engaging in various other annoying or dangerous behaviours.
What adds insult to injury is that kammically, they might get away with it, while you end up in a wheelchair.