Three years removed from the worst of pandemic panic, many in our chattering classes still won't admit fault. On the wrongness of compliance as currency, and the need for remembrance.
If we have learned anything from the Wuhan flu episode, it is that the majority of first world citizens will follow the dictates of their government overseers without questioning the rationale, the validity or the morality of those orders. Not a surprise then, that some will look to gain favour with their masters by bleating about the defiant behaviour of others.
I recall a friend posted on Facebook a long scathing rant about all of the horrible people out on the roads in Toronto during no lockdown whilst he was delivering a TV to his daughter. I posted that “Perhaps they were merely delivering TVs...” and just like that, a friend of 25 years... gone.
Good article. Just one note, the best thing that came out of the Covid panic was social distancing. Mere acquaintances no longer feel the need to hug you every time they see you, even though you expressed a dislike of the hugging business, even before Covid.
If we have learned anything from the Wuhan flu episode, it is that the majority of first world citizens will follow the dictates of their government overseers without questioning the rationale, the validity or the morality of those orders. Not a surprise then, that some will look to gain favour with their masters by bleating about the defiant behaviour of others.
You received a heartfelt apology. Incredible. I always enjoy your writing Alex. Never stop.
I recall a friend posted on Facebook a long scathing rant about all of the horrible people out on the roads in Toronto during no lockdown whilst he was delivering a TV to his daughter. I posted that “Perhaps they were merely delivering TVs...” and just like that, a friend of 25 years... gone.
Good article. Just one note, the best thing that came out of the Covid panic was social distancing. Mere acquaintances no longer feel the need to hug you every time they see you, even though you expressed a dislike of the hugging business, even before Covid.