Yes to all of this, and what a perfect photo to conclude.
It all seems especially nasty when one considers that the vast majority of the truly covid-vulnerable (the "high-risk") didn't want this either and weren't the ones demanding it. It wasn't the fault of the fat and the feeble that we shut down, and truthfully, nobody who claimed they did really cared about protecting them anyway.
Very true, and very entertaining, as usual. Thank you!
Only I have got my personal beef with the word "consistency". In my day job, I often have to change my mind, to update models, to do things differently. Those auditors feeding off me will then usually complain that I am not being consistent. As with most things, consistency can be weaponized. I then have to keep myself from quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson ("With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.") or Yuval Noah Harari ("Consistency is the playground of dull minds.")...
Also, in daily matters and even in official documents (I am thinking of banking regulation), consistency and coherence are being mixed up. Sometimes you are required to fulfil both, and nobody will be able to tell you the difference. You know, stuff should just fit together somehow.
It seems to me that there is a spiritual element to all this. Whoever or whatever is behind this doesn't like humans. And they really really don't like children.
Do you remember Alan Ryckman in his all-time -best performance as Mr Slope in a 1970s serialization of the Barchester Chronicles? As he held court with the children of the parish, impatient for expressions of gratitude, one child piped up "Thank you, Mr God!" After an embarrassed reaction by the Bishop and Mrs Proudie, Ryckman coolly replied "Suffer the little children!" To tackle the issue of "why is "society" being so brutal to children, it's a combination of narcissism, hatred (especially by the teaching profession), an inability for parents to see their children as autonomous beings, but merely as extensions of their own ego (something I'm well aware of from personal experience.) There is also some technical issue about Pfizer having to vaccinate everyone in the world -- I never quite understood the argument. Senior citizens in certain countries mostly loathe children, even if they're relatives. SJWs want to collectivize them. It takes a socialist village you know. The only 100% certainty about the next 5 years will be the wave of personality disorders (it's not a disorder if everyone has it) in the cohort growing up.
Yes. All of this. Both meanings of the word 'suffer' are applicable. I wrote this 11 months ago: https://reaction.life/making-pupils-wear-masks-is-pointless-and-cruel/ (Can't believe some schools are still pushing the mask nonsense).
Thanks so much for this Alex - I've updated the article to include your excellent piece
Yes to all of this, and what a perfect photo to conclude.
It all seems especially nasty when one considers that the vast majority of the truly covid-vulnerable (the "high-risk") didn't want this either and weren't the ones demanding it. It wasn't the fault of the fat and the feeble that we shut down, and truthfully, nobody who claimed they did really cared about protecting them anyway.
A song written 50 years ago applies now more than ever:
Morrisey cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEWbjuSZjGg
Buffy Sainte-Marie original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCknRyT7WUs
So true.
Very true, and very entertaining, as usual. Thank you!
Only I have got my personal beef with the word "consistency". In my day job, I often have to change my mind, to update models, to do things differently. Those auditors feeding off me will then usually complain that I am not being consistent. As with most things, consistency can be weaponized. I then have to keep myself from quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson ("With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.") or Yuval Noah Harari ("Consistency is the playground of dull minds.")...
Also, in daily matters and even in official documents (I am thinking of banking regulation), consistency and coherence are being mixed up. Sometimes you are required to fulfil both, and nobody will be able to tell you the difference. You know, stuff should just fit together somehow.
It seems to me that there is a spiritual element to all this. Whoever or whatever is behind this doesn't like humans. And they really really don't like children.
Do you remember Alan Ryckman in his all-time -best performance as Mr Slope in a 1970s serialization of the Barchester Chronicles? As he held court with the children of the parish, impatient for expressions of gratitude, one child piped up "Thank you, Mr God!" After an embarrassed reaction by the Bishop and Mrs Proudie, Ryckman coolly replied "Suffer the little children!" To tackle the issue of "why is "society" being so brutal to children, it's a combination of narcissism, hatred (especially by the teaching profession), an inability for parents to see their children as autonomous beings, but merely as extensions of their own ego (something I'm well aware of from personal experience.) There is also some technical issue about Pfizer having to vaccinate everyone in the world -- I never quite understood the argument. Senior citizens in certain countries mostly loathe children, even if they're relatives. SJWs want to collectivize them. It takes a socialist village you know. The only 100% certainty about the next 5 years will be the wave of personality disorders (it's not a disorder if everyone has it) in the cohort growing up.