# Am I missing something here? (re: reopening of bars, etc... now) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356 "2020-10-06T17:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 640
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356/640 "2020-11-18T19:26:59Z")
> [@SayTwo](#): > > What would it have looked like if Europeans had not put up with it? I’m not sure anyone has successfully made the case, or possibly could, that the virus is in the same category as whatever the things were that we fought a world war about The analogy, like all analogies, only goes so far. Because the European citizens in WWII had no choice in the matter–they had war forced upon them. But consider the Americans and Canadians (among others) who made the policy decision to join the war and later invade the Continent even thought they were under no immediate threat themselves. They sacrificed tens of thousands of lives and incredible sums of money to fight fascism across the ocean. What would it had looked like if _they_ had not “put up with it”? Not good, I’d say. They were called “The Greatest Generation”. What will today’s selfish science-deniers be known as? Ooooh! It could be a whole separate thread just coming up with disparaging names for the knuckle-draggers that are killing people. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356)._