Towards the end of the first year of the covid-19 pandemic, Canadians were beginning to tire of the rolling lockdowns, forced closure of schools and businesses, and daily dire news reports of covid cases and imminent death.
The pandemic ended 3 years ago crybaby. You're worse than the lefties with all this whining. Too bad MPs don't read blog posts by hilariously unsuccessful guitar teachers from backwater MB!
Maybe if you get down on your knees and suck hard enough, Plett will read some of your thoughts to the three Canadians who still watch senate proceedings lmao 🤣
Of course they were. They're just as much to blame. What's your point? You actually think I'd be okay with a Conservative government doing these things just because it's not Justin Trudeau? That really is idiotic.
We can see that the vaccination thing is near and dear to your heart, even as the pandemic is becoming a surreal and forgettable memory to the rest of us, but meanwhile, there is an actual genocide unfolding right now, fully supported by Canada and the entire West.
If you’re going to criticize your government for something, maybe better to focus on the deliberate and systematic depopulation of Gaza, the bombing, shooting, burning, and starving to death of tens of thousands of women and children RIGHT NOW, rather than some obscure travel restrictions that barely affected anything a couple years ago. Just sayin’
You may think that it's over, Ned, but it's not over because there are still people without jobs because of this. There are still families broken because of this. And there is still no acknowledgement that anything was done wrong.
I'm sorry if you don't feel I'm "doing my part" by denouncing the evil Jews, but trust me - there are plenty of people here filling that void and if you'd like to read about that instead, it is literally just a click away.
Families still broken? That’s a bit of a stretch, isn’t it?
It’s not that I don’t think you’re “doing your part”, (though it’s telling that you took even this little opportunity to flippantly equate Israel with “the Jews”), write about whatever the hell you like. It’s just hard to believe someone could be so passionate about a nothing burger from 3 years ago, while completely dismissive of an unfolding genocide in which your own government is complicit.
. I'm not at all dismissive of what's going on in Gaza at all, nor do I need to justify that to you or anyone else, but that not what this is about. There are thousands of things that I don't do because I'm busy doing something else. Thankfully there are others who are doing them.
Your comment is so indicative of where our society is at. No wonder people feel the need to virtue-signal all week long, while doing absolutely nothing of substance.
Well sure, but what's wrong with selective outrage? Don't we all make decisions about what pisses us off on a daily basis? It's exhausting enough taking in all the crap in one's own country, without adding mountains of crap from every other country. I'm pretty sure the Gazans aren't the only people group who are being treated like that at present - they're just the most visible one. I've made a conscious decision to focus almost exclusively on issues relating to where I live, and that's plenty.
What about the social contract? We agree to give up a small amount of personal liberty in exchange for the innumerable benefits of living in a society. Rules discourage and punish behavior that infringes on other people’s safety, peace, etc, and generally discourage people from doing things that would have a negative impact if those things were to become the norm. As much as you may want to set fire to those old car tires in your yard, society has decided you don’t get that freedom. As much as you may not want to pay taxes.. Etc. etc.
Why shouldn’t vaccination fall into this category? What about all the people who did the right and responsible thing and got vaccinated? Refusing to get vaccinated just because you think you’re specialer than everyone else is very antisocial, and there should be some kind of measures to discourage that, shouldn’t there?
If the "social contract" isn't based on facts and logic, and dare I say "truth", then what good is it? Why the hell should anyone feel the need to be part of something that was designed to manipulate them.
Freedom demands responsibly, yes, but it also demands that we live with the choices of others, even if we don't agree with them.
Burning tires in your yard is universally understood to be bad for everyone. There's no argument for that. This is hardly the case here.
Even the way you phrased your question is manipulative and condescending, but it's understandable because this is what we've been told for years now - it's become part of our lexicon.
As far as "infringing on other people’s safety," well, that didn't really happen did it? That was a lie told in order to manipulate us. And most of us fell for it.
Maybe the example of paying taxes is a better one. If I decide I don’t want to pay taxes, is that not similar to me refusing to be vaccinated?
I mean, it’s MY money. Where’s the victim of my ‘crime’ if I just refuse to pay tax?
Even though there is no immediate victim, and there may even be a moral case against paying taxes (eg. I oppose military spending), surely you agree there needs to be some kind of penalty to compel those who might otherwise avoid paying their share.
If you refuse the vaccine and then get severely sick or die (which is much more likely if you’re unvaccinated), that’s a cost borne by the rest of us. There shouldn’t be harsh punishments or anything, but we should strongly encourage/compel people to get a (free and harmless) vaccine for the good of society as whole.
Here's the thing, Ned: paying taxes has a tangible benefit to society. At least that's the intent. And it largely does, although in this country, it is becoming more debatable every year as to how much good it really does. Regardless, there is an actual reason people pay taxes, and everyone actually benefits from it to some extent.
But I wonder if you even read this piece, because the whole point of it is that there WAS NO LOGICAL REASON for the vaccine passports. Or for most of the other policy decisions during this event. That is the issue. Not that "vaccines are bad," and "it's only the sheeple who got the jab," though it seems you'd like to somehow put those words in my mouth.
By the way, none of the things you mentioned involve being forced (or at least coerced) into sticking a needle in my arm. These things are not the same. Why can't you see that?
And as for "free and harmless," these things were anything but free, and the adverse effects are orders of magnitude higher than any other vaccine in modern history. Do you really not know that?
Why do you think it would proper or acceptable for a government to make ANY kind of policy based on lies and misinformation?
Isn’t it condescending to look at all the people who did what they believed to be the right thing (nobody enjoys taking the time out of their day to go line up and be stuck with a needle…more than once) and basically call them ‘sheep’ who’ve been ‘manipulated’, because they aren’t as smart and well-informed as the Facebook researchers like yourself?
Give me one instance where I have ever called anyone "sheep", Ned.
Once again, you're taking this weird Fox-News-Watcher trope that your friends talk about and applying that to me. Why?
Do you think that because some of my views MIGHT line up with something you heard someone say that someone else saw on Fox, that this is who I am? Because I'm a "Facebook Researcher"?
So far, you haven't addressed anything I wrote about in this article, and yet you appear to believe I'm just making stuff up, or parroting stuff from Tucker Carlson, or something.
I think you need to start hanging with a little more diverse crowd, or something.
I'm assuming he or she is mentally unstable. Either that or has never interacted with an actual person before.
The funniest thing about Idiot here is that he seemingly created a Substack account specifically using my name. I should be flattered by that, but then he went ahead and got my first name wrong. Oh well...
I leave all his posts up so that everyone knows not to take him seriously.
Excellent post Ken. Totally describes what happened here in Canada.
Well, not only did it happen here, it's very likely STILL happening. This is only ONE issue.
The pandemic ended 3 years ago crybaby. You're worse than the lefties with all this whining. Too bad MPs don't read blog posts by hilariously unsuccessful guitar teachers from backwater MB!
Maybe if you get down on your knees and suck hard enough, Plett will read some of your thoughts to the three Canadians who still watch senate proceedings lmao 🤣
Retard alert!
Hey weren't vaccine passports a provincial thing? Why would conservative Premiers do this to us?
Of course they were. They're just as much to blame. What's your point? You actually think I'd be okay with a Conservative government doing these things just because it's not Justin Trudeau? That really is idiotic.
Do you think we should force drug addicts to get treatment?
Not sure. Do you think we should force people who continually hurt and steal from others into prison?
We can see that the vaccination thing is near and dear to your heart, even as the pandemic is becoming a surreal and forgettable memory to the rest of us, but meanwhile, there is an actual genocide unfolding right now, fully supported by Canada and the entire West.
If you’re going to criticize your government for something, maybe better to focus on the deliberate and systematic depopulation of Gaza, the bombing, shooting, burning, and starving to death of tens of thousands of women and children RIGHT NOW, rather than some obscure travel restrictions that barely affected anything a couple years ago. Just sayin’
You may think that it's over, Ned, but it's not over because there are still people without jobs because of this. There are still families broken because of this. And there is still no acknowledgement that anything was done wrong.
I'm sorry if you don't feel I'm "doing my part" by denouncing the evil Jews, but trust me - there are plenty of people here filling that void and if you'd like to read about that instead, it is literally just a click away.
Families still broken? That’s a bit of a stretch, isn’t it?
It’s not that I don’t think you’re “doing your part”, (though it’s telling that you took even this little opportunity to flippantly equate Israel with “the Jews”), write about whatever the hell you like. It’s just hard to believe someone could be so passionate about a nothing burger from 3 years ago, while completely dismissive of an unfolding genocide in which your own government is complicit.
. I'm not at all dismissive of what's going on in Gaza at all, nor do I need to justify that to you or anyone else, but that not what this is about. There are thousands of things that I don't do because I'm busy doing something else. Thankfully there are others who are doing them.
Your comment is so indicative of where our society is at. No wonder people feel the need to virtue-signal all week long, while doing absolutely nothing of substance.
What have you done for Gaza this week, Ned?
Touchē. My comment wasn’t about ‘doing something for Gaza’, but more about selective outrage.
Well sure, but what's wrong with selective outrage? Don't we all make decisions about what pisses us off on a daily basis? It's exhausting enough taking in all the crap in one's own country, without adding mountains of crap from every other country. I'm pretty sure the Gazans aren't the only people group who are being treated like that at present - they're just the most visible one. I've made a conscious decision to focus almost exclusively on issues relating to where I live, and that's plenty.
You need to see a mental healthcare professional. It's not a joke or a troll, you're mentally ill.
What about the social contract? We agree to give up a small amount of personal liberty in exchange for the innumerable benefits of living in a society. Rules discourage and punish behavior that infringes on other people’s safety, peace, etc, and generally discourage people from doing things that would have a negative impact if those things were to become the norm. As much as you may want to set fire to those old car tires in your yard, society has decided you don’t get that freedom. As much as you may not want to pay taxes.. Etc. etc.
Why shouldn’t vaccination fall into this category? What about all the people who did the right and responsible thing and got vaccinated? Refusing to get vaccinated just because you think you’re specialer than everyone else is very antisocial, and there should be some kind of measures to discourage that, shouldn’t there?
Why?
If the "social contract" isn't based on facts and logic, and dare I say "truth", then what good is it? Why the hell should anyone feel the need to be part of something that was designed to manipulate them.
Freedom demands responsibly, yes, but it also demands that we live with the choices of others, even if we don't agree with them.
Burning tires in your yard is universally understood to be bad for everyone. There's no argument for that. This is hardly the case here.
Even the way you phrased your question is manipulative and condescending, but it's understandable because this is what we've been told for years now - it's become part of our lexicon.
As far as "infringing on other people’s safety," well, that didn't really happen did it? That was a lie told in order to manipulate us. And most of us fell for it.
Maybe the example of paying taxes is a better one. If I decide I don’t want to pay taxes, is that not similar to me refusing to be vaccinated?
I mean, it’s MY money. Where’s the victim of my ‘crime’ if I just refuse to pay tax?
Even though there is no immediate victim, and there may even be a moral case against paying taxes (eg. I oppose military spending), surely you agree there needs to be some kind of penalty to compel those who might otherwise avoid paying their share.
If you refuse the vaccine and then get severely sick or die (which is much more likely if you’re unvaccinated), that’s a cost borne by the rest of us. There shouldn’t be harsh punishments or anything, but we should strongly encourage/compel people to get a (free and harmless) vaccine for the good of society as whole.
Here's the thing, Ned: paying taxes has a tangible benefit to society. At least that's the intent. And it largely does, although in this country, it is becoming more debatable every year as to how much good it really does. Regardless, there is an actual reason people pay taxes, and everyone actually benefits from it to some extent.
But I wonder if you even read this piece, because the whole point of it is that there WAS NO LOGICAL REASON for the vaccine passports. Or for most of the other policy decisions during this event. That is the issue. Not that "vaccines are bad," and "it's only the sheeple who got the jab," though it seems you'd like to somehow put those words in my mouth.
By the way, none of the things you mentioned involve being forced (or at least coerced) into sticking a needle in my arm. These things are not the same. Why can't you see that?
And as for "free and harmless," these things were anything but free, and the adverse effects are orders of magnitude higher than any other vaccine in modern history. Do you really not know that?
Why do you think it would proper or acceptable for a government to make ANY kind of policy based on lies and misinformation?
Isn’t it condescending to look at all the people who did what they believed to be the right thing (nobody enjoys taking the time out of their day to go line up and be stuck with a needle…more than once) and basically call them ‘sheep’ who’ve been ‘manipulated’, because they aren’t as smart and well-informed as the Facebook researchers like yourself?
Give me one instance where I have ever called anyone "sheep", Ned.
Once again, you're taking this weird Fox-News-Watcher trope that your friends talk about and applying that to me. Why?
Do you think that because some of my views MIGHT line up with something you heard someone say that someone else saw on Fox, that this is who I am? Because I'm a "Facebook Researcher"?
So far, you haven't addressed anything I wrote about in this article, and yet you appear to believe I'm just making stuff up, or parroting stuff from Tucker Carlson, or something.
I think you need to start hanging with a little more diverse crowd, or something.
Look how fragile Ken is
Like the Indians, it's time to move on, princess.
And yet, here you are...
Ken, who is this person that seems to delight in disrespecting you? His suggestion to ‘end yourself with a rope’ is quite concerning.
I'm assuming he or she is mentally unstable. Either that or has never interacted with an actual person before.
The funniest thing about Idiot here is that he seemingly created a Substack account specifically using my name. I should be flattered by that, but then he went ahead and got my first name wrong. Oh well...
I leave all his posts up so that everyone knows not to take him seriously.
Oh, you don't realize that nobody in your life takes you seriously, do you? Bwahaha
Have you ever considered ending yourself with rope? I am sure your family would be much happier for it!
Dude, you have to face the fact that Ken's just not that into you.
It's okay, there are plenty more fish in the sea, it's time to move on
Leave me out of your homoerotic fantasy.
I think we'd all rather you leave us out of yours, actually