12-27-2021, 03:35 PM
(12-27-2021, 11:17 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(12-27-2021, 10:54 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Discriminating in what way?
If it’s “no entry to restaurants if you’re not vaccinated” then it’s just a sensible public health precaution. If it’s “you can’t get on the Internet if you’re not vaccinated” then it’s clearly inappropriate targeting of people for irrelevant reasons. There are certainly situations in the middle where a productive discussion could be had on whether a particular instance of discrimination was reasonable and justified or not.
The phrase "Sensible public health precautions" describes discrimination. Just like stigmatizing, the negative aspects of the word discrimination (like it being inappropriate and unjust) are not necessary for the word to apply, it's just how the word is usually intended when used to describe effects on people.
But I wouldn't use it that way outside a conversation with people that I largely trust to have an adult conversation. I would however use other terms, like prejudicial and unjustly to be more specific and intentional.
The other part of it is that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees rights subject to reasonable limits as can be justified in a free and democratic society. I would like society to work to reduce all of our exposure to COVID, thanks.