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• On the article What Do You Think About Gov. Patrick’s Travel Ban?

  

  citizen112

  1:02 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  noticed you left out the jail time.....

• On the article What Do You Think About Gov. Patrick’s Travel Ban?

  

  citizen112

  8:55 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  no, I'm simply saying that we should learn from our mistakes...in this case the duration.

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  citizen112

  8:28 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  yes mcrem agreed..may have been a little offended at some comments. But the question was whether a person was in agreement or not with the driving ban imposed by G.Patrick. There is no right or wrong answer to this and there are pros and cons to both sides. It is a matter of opinion and in the future, should be for the majority to ultimately decide, not one person. So, going forward, this was a great question to ask and I'm hopeful that this question will be thought through thoroughly by government in the future. The funny thing is, I wouldn't have given it a second thought had it not been for the duration. There were people who poked fun about people "needing to go shopping or to get liquor" and if you had some place to go that was necessary, like to help a family member (it was a blizzard after all) then you wouldn't be subjected to the consequences of being out. Well, yes, you would. That is the point. You had no choice, whether frivilous or necessary, the choice was no longer yours. And not just during the high point of the storm when most wouldn't go out anyway, but hours past necessity, and subjected to all of Massachusetts for most of the duration.

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  citizen112

  4:07 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  elaine g. - "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." Benjamin Franklin

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  citizen112

  3:48 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  The point is; people should have a right to decide. If you want government to decide for you, maybe another country would better suit you? The blizzard of '78 was very different; we didn't have the weather technology we do today, the timing was different, people were caught off guard. If you didn't know about this blizzard, you were in a cave, and the driving ban went into effect when there was hardly any snow and is still in effect now, that the sun is shining in most places!

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  citizen112

  2:22 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  Agreed - maybe I would've not thought so harshly of it if it had been a reasonable time frame. Even so, most of us don't need to be treated like toddlers, and I'd think we've enough common sense to make our own decisions without being forced by government.

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  citizen112

  2:15 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  The ban is ridiculous... $500 fine and a year in jail?!?! Bit harsh. Last time I checked, we lived in a free society. He should've RECOMMENDED people stay off the roads, not imposed a fine and jail time. There are many extenuating circumstances, and he's clearly not thinking of those and in my humble opinion, abusing his power.