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April 29

Coronavirus impacts on future

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With coronavirus impacting everything right how, how will the future be negatively affected as a result of this, even as far from now as 2050, assuming there's no other major pandemic or crises between now and then? Do you think major impacts on economy, finance, businesses, industries, technology, etc. will have far-reaching effects on the future, not just years from now, but decades like what I'm proposing? PlanetStar 23:34, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

No one can say what will happen in the future. Speculation is all we have, and that's not something we do here. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

No one knows, but if you google the subject, I'm sure you will see countless guesses about it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:38, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

None of us are experts on this. This thread will probably be closed. If you want a good answer, you'll have to ask this in another forum. Temerarius (talk) 04:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

No one is an expert on the future. But that doesn't stop them from trying. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:59, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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Death of Charles Vallow, former husband of Lori Vallow

When Charles Vallow was shot by Alex Cox, did Alex use the Stand Your Ground to justify the shooting? All I can find is that Alex Cox claimed self defense.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard L. Peterson (talk • contribs)

It would be difficult to discern in this case. People do not "invoke" the law in any meaningful way, it is considered a normal corollary of self defense laws in states where it is codified as such, and does not require a distinct formulation "I am invoking the "stand your ground" law to defend my actions" or any such, rather such states either omit or explicitly remove from the burden of defence, the "duty to retreat" from their self-defense statutes. It can be difficult to extract from any specific situation if a person in such jurisdictions is doing so in a "stand your ground" situation, and there isn't a bright line in most cases, especially where duty-to-retreat is not codified. Arizona, where the shooting took place, is a state without a duty to retreat. --Jayron32 17:01, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

good answerRich (talk) 19:42, 29 April 2020 (UTC)