Beware Trivialising "Minor" Illness

[Canary42]

It was "only flu", but it took her legs away. How awful for the poor girl.

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/primary-school-teacher-loses-legs-054224326.html

Perhaps this tale will make those with a cavalier attitude to Covid reconsider their laxity.

[Deskdiary]

I suspect we’re in for a long wait NJ.

[Zacs-Master]

Something about going out with a cold. No, me neither.

[Zacs-Master]

Tut tut, desky.

[Deskdiary]

Ok, understood.

No criticism alllowed.

I’ve got it, I understand, and will not ever question the AB untouchables again. I promise.

[andy-hughes]

Maybe it's less about criticism, and more about off-topic uncalled for rudeness, which is against Site Rules.

[choux]

Some posts on AB can be quite challenging and attract attention from polarised schools of thought. Some posters can be 2 or more steps ahead of others. One poster's personal experience of a situation may evoke strong memories/emotions/reactions compared to another's.

Surely it should be everyone's responsibility to try and convey their message with respect and understanding that we can all have a different viewpoint. Personal experiences v generalisations do not always come out well on the screen.

Take a walk in someone else's shoes.
Or, as Harper Lee wrote in To Kill A Mockingbird:
“If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

I address this advice to myself and all of you x

[douglas9401]

That's a bit Hannibal Lecter.

[New Judge]

That's all very well, choux. But there was criticism of people's behaviour which led to the term "cavalier attitude" being used to describe it. Although it wasn't directed to any individual, it was clear that the writer believed some people were not behaving as they should. All I (and others) are seeking is some explanation of what that behaviour might be.

[choux]

NJ, we have had so much traffic on Covid threads and I honestly believe that some have shown themselves to have a "cavalier attitude". That said, I have continued to live. I am not looking for sinister, tacit meanings in everything I read.

[Peter Pedant]

I address this advice to myself and all of you x
yeah but no but
do I have to understand Boris' behaviour MORE?

and DD keep it mimsy, mimsy's the word

[choux]

btw, as the term is included in the OP it may follow that Canary agrees with my response to you.

[Peter Pedant]

hi chowks - accurate as ever - well YOUR posts wont last

[choux]

Hello Peter :)

[New Judge]

//...some have shown themselves to have a "cavalier attitude".//

So what behaviour manifests itself in a "cavalier attitude, then? This question clearly relates to the present, not two to three years ago when Covid was rife. It suggests that people now are not behaving as they should. So what are they doing (or not doing) that meets with disapproval in some quarters?

[choux]

NJ, the point I wish to make about your post "...But there was criticism of people's behaviour which led to the term "cavalier attitude" being used to describe it..." you say "criticism" I say "description".

I have not the time to dig it all over again.

[New Judge]

I would say that, certainly in the context of this question, a "cavalier attitude" suggests criticism. But if it is merely a "description" I'm still at a loss to understand what people are doing now that warrants such a description. It suggests carelessness or lack of concern. If you can't be bothered to explain why you think some people are behaving this way then fair enough. But it's a remark that somebody ought to care to explain.

[Prudie]

I really wish I'd not even read this thread, let alone contributed. I feel I've retrograded. I find it unbelievable that some can't see how one sided and unfair it is. 'you have a cavalier attitude' and 'you are sickening' are acceptable descriptions it seems, not criticisms and those who said it have not even returned to explain. They are not deemed rude (which breaks Site Rules) but if someone takes it personally and retorts back then it is.
At first I was genuinely asking what the behaviours are that are so unacceptable because I really didn't understand and others asked the same.

[choux]

NJ, thank you for the best laugh I have had this week.

You have have proved my point beyond any doubt.
I wrote "I have not the time..." and you translate that as:
"If you can't be bothered to explain..."

Just for your edification, I am a full time carer, so when I say I have not the time I mean just that.

QED :)