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Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’

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Re: Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’

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Supermarkets are open from 7am to 10pm Monday-Saturday even in small cities. When you can't plan your week around this, you have other problems that won't be solved by abolishing Sunday laws. If you are living in a small town, you can always move to a bigger city at any time to get the benefits of longer opening hours.

I live in Munich. Here the stores close at 8. > When you can't plan your week around this, you have other problems that won't be solved by abolishing Sunday laws. Oh look, we got a logistical badass over here. Because you never ever need or want anything spur of the moment on a Sunday, right? Look, it's not an enormous deal. But it does kind of suck. It's a decent sized decrease to convenience and a slight decrease t…

While you want something "spur of the moment on a Sunday" others are happy to have a day off where almost all their friends and family do, too.

You are thinking very egoistically. Maybe try working shifts for half a year with only getting to know the schedule 2 weeks before, before you demand that everybody should jump to serve you. Or try to raise a child that has school Mon-Fri while you have to work Sat and Sun from 1pm to 10pm.

Berlin has supermarkets open sometimes even beginning from 6am, and a lot of "Kiosks". It also has a huge demand for programmers and other IT specialists. There is little reason not to move there if being able to buy whatever you like on a Sunday is so important for you. The rent is a lot cheaper, too. If Berlin is not enough, there is also Hamburg with offices from Adobe, Microsoft, Google, etc.

Re: Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’

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I wonder how our concepts of work and rest have changed over time? Is tending to your home, family, or garden considered work?

Well for Jews observing Shabbas that is answered in more details than you would possibly like to know...

True, but even the ancients of other cultures largely considered them odd.

Re: Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’

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> You think hospitals stop working Here in Norway that is exactly what happens. Those who do not need round the clock treatment or monitoring go home for the weekend and the hospital runs with a very much reduced staff. I know this from painful first hand experience over the last three years and it works very well.

> I know this from painful first hand experience over the last three years and it works very well. ?? It's painful but works very well?

Sorry, I expressed my meaning carelessly. The experience was painful because of the reason that I have the experience. Not because of the going home at the weekend feature.

Re: Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’

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post #265

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I always find these things kind of funny. How important are these rules if god is so easily tricked?

God is not tricked. There is no restriction against cooking on Shabbat. There are restrictions against eg. making a fire and building. If you can somehow cook without doing any of those things, then there is nothing wrong with it.

It all sounds a bit legalistic. I say that with a grin.
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