Covid Tyranny
I want to jump onto the bandwagon; I want to start ranting about the Orwellian tyranny we find ourselves living under. I want to, but I can’t figure out how to make it sound justifiable. I want to be seen as someone who is fearless in standing up to the establishment. A champion of the people, willing to put myself in personal danger to fight for their rights and freedoms. Others have achieved it, and I long to be among their ranks, but I just can’t seem to find anything to warrant making a big fuss about.I thought my chance had arrived when it became a requirement to wear a mask in public places. Off I went to my local supermarket, fully intending to perform a proper song and dance about being forced to cover my mouth with this vile piece of cloth. Little did I suspect that they had measures in place to undermine my action. When I got there, I was confronted with a polite request to please wear my mask, and there was not a single armed guard to be seen. How in God’s name are you supposed to start a riot over that?
It’s not that I couldn’t think of anything to rant and rave about; I surely could. They were telling me to wear a mask in the interest of public safety; well what about my safety? Does it not matter about my glasses steaming up and putting me at risk of bumping into something? That argument sounded solid at the time of its conception, but when it came to the point of shouting it out publicly, it had somehow lost most of its potency, and I was left unable to speak, lest I might be seen as a big sissy.
What other denial of right or freedom could I demonstrate defiance over, I wondered. What about the restrictions on my freedom of movement? Even when our “lock down” was at its most severe, I found I could come and go pretty much as I pleased, without interference from anybody. So, again, the state had pulled the rug out from under me.
When they were ready to role out the vaccine programme, I thought I’ve finally got them this time. I waited until my call up for vaccination came, thinking that’s when I would make my stand, but when it did come, it was only a bloody invitation to have it. I could just not bother going if I didn’t want to. I think this is when I began to realise I had been defeated. I had been beaten by the lack of state heavy handedness.
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Put your glasses on and they fog up, take them off and the floor's too close for a decent focal length. I need at least two meters social distancing from anything just to know it exists.
Fortunately, with everyone wearing a mask I can't lipread the tutting, or anything else for that matter.
It's all part of selfishness of old people not making way for the youngsters.
Hello, fluffy.
I had both Covid jabs plus the booster and it hasn't had any adverse effects on me, so I cause even cause a commotion over that!
Yes, I am.
Not a massive number compared with the millions who don't.
I just keep my distance from unmasked folk I love a man in a mask
When I was thinking about it later, wondering to what extent I had compromised my principles, I had a sudden moment of clarity, one could almost call it a modest epiphany (epiphanette). In the end, I did the thing that made the most sense to me; the thing that felt right. And now I can hold up my head with pride because I was true to myself; I did it my way.
All the RULES put forward by the government cover England, other nations had their own rules, and let's not fool ourselves, had the entire country followed the rules, we would be in a far stronger position today regarding vanquishing Covid 19.
I do agree that in some third world countries there have been deaths from starvation, but those countries don't have "elites".
We all rushed out and began dealing with the aftermath. The police arrived quickly and were more interested in the practicalities of making the young woman's home secure than they were about her not being home because she's gone to stay with a friend overnight. I'd go as far to say that they were glad she hadn't been hurt by way of her lockdown-breaking absence.
Once they had logged the crime and we had contacted the landlord emergency maintenance crew, one of the police officers retrieved a broom from their police car. She proceeded to sweep up the broken glass so no one, including the resident cats, got hurt.
Is it just South Wales Police who didn't get the memo about the police state thing? We can be a bit behind the times here in the Valleys.
At the peak of our first lockdown somebody put a beer barrel through one of my neighbour's windows in the middle of the night.
We all rushed out and began dealing with the aftermath.
If only CS did.