# I seem to be one of the few people who does not believe that COVID victims were murdered **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193 "2020-08-03T21:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/42 "2020-08-11T21:47:49Z")
Yep. I believe that a large number of maskholes are well aware that they’re doing things that risk the lives to people who aren’t themselves. As a non-lawyer, I consider this to be attempted murder - despite the maskholes not having specific targets. The ‘defense’, of course, is that they don’t want to kill people; they just want to _scare_ people, just like people who brandish guns and fire them up in the air and towards crowds just to scare people. I also believe that the government deliberately stalled and impeded efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, because they believed that it was primarily impacting liberal areas. As a non-lawyer, I consider this to be murder - this time _with_ specific targets. The ‘defense’, of course, is that if there a room is on fire, and people are in the room, locking them in with the fire is totally moral and fine to do if you didn’t _start_ the fire. Come to think of it, this sort of approach is pretty much a central tenant of republican policy. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/43 "2020-08-20T20:42:47Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > tenant Tenet. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/44 "2020-08-20T20:45:06Z")
I understand that your comment was intended to be super-helpful and contribute much to this week-dead conversation. Kudos. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/45 "2020-08-20T20:47:49Z")
Yeah, I didn’t realize a week had passed. The suggested threads I use for navigation on the new boards sometimes throw me for a loop. Apologies if I annoyed… but the word has been corrected for those that don’t know. 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/46 "2020-08-20T20:51:53Z")
Tennant > **[David Tennant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tennant)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show Doctor Who, reprising the role from 2022 to 2023 as the fourteenth incarnation. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fir... ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/47 "2020-08-21T04:24:41Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Tennant …Tenet. > **[Tenet (2020) ⭐ 7.3 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6723592/)** > > 2h 30m | PG-13 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193/48 "2020-08-21T04:27:44Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Yeah, I didn’t realize a week had passed. The suggested threads I use for navigation on the new boards sometimes throw me for a loop. That’s fair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-be-one-of-the-few-people-who-does-not-believe-that-covid-victims-were-murdered/917193.md?page=2)