Apologies that this topic is done to death. I just wanted to hear some different opinions on this specifically
By now we all know someone or a group of people who aren't sticking to social distancing rules and meeting up with big groups of people and not sticking to 2m away. I've mainly seen this being teenagers and young adults but I know some adults are doing it as well. Everyone stuck to it when it was first introduced but after 2 and a half months they're just getting bored of it.
What I want to know is if social distancing is comparable to other 'crimes' (I know it's not technically a crime, hence the inverted commas but if you're going against the governments rules and they're able to fine you for it, that kind of makes it a crime, right? A social crime if nothing else.) Let's for arguments sake say it is.
For example, other crimes in the past (eg, homosexuality, abortion, breastfeeding in public were eventually normalised so people eventually stopped reporting people for it and it became decriminalised. Will the same happen with this? I couldn't think of a better word than decriminalisation, I know it's not technically a crime and I am in no way trying to disrespect anyone who was wrongly punished when those three examples were illegal in the UK but I didn't know how else to explain what I meant!
What I'm trying to say is, if everyone starts ignoring the rules, nobody's reporting each other, if we go back into lockdown it's my opinion that people won't listen as much as they did the first time, will things just...gradually get back to normal without the governments say so?
AIBU to think that? DH, DD, and DD's boyfriend all disagree with me. I'm just curious what others think. Obviously nobody knows the actual answer
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Will the government eventually give up with this?
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richele4 · 29/05/2020 21:12
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