I'm fully vaxxed (until they change the definition of that -- it's coming)
It was a decision I made understanding that the vaccines are essentially experimental and could have acute and chronic side effects. I made the decision based on balancing the risks against the responsibility I have to maintain. It was my decision to make.
The fact that I made the decision a certain way doesn't mean I want to force my decision onto anyone else. I don't think I'm special, that my judgement is supreme. I just did what I thought was best and it was a gamble.
Regardless of the above, vaccine passports are simply evil. Asking people for their papers to participate in society is an icon for the worst regimes in history, an icon of repression, an icon of evil.
These people think they're the good guys. So did the Nazis. They're wrong, just like the Nazis. For people who seem to care so much about what history thinks of them, they are awfully ignorant of how history has judged people like them previously.
It was a decision I made understanding that the vaccines are essentially experimental and could have acute and chronic side effects. I made the decision based on balancing the risks against the responsibility I have to maintain. It was my decision to make.
The fact that I made the decision a certain way doesn't mean I want to force my decision onto anyone else. I don't think I'm special, that my judgement is supreme. I just did what I thought was best and it was a gamble.
Regardless of the above, vaccine passports are simply evil. Asking people for their papers to participate in society is an icon for the worst regimes in history, an icon of repression, an icon of evil.
These people think they're the good guys. So did the Nazis. They're wrong, just like the Nazis. For people who seem to care so much about what history thinks of them, they are awfully ignorant of how history has judged people like them previously.
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@Parnikkapore We have a solid difference of opinion on this.
The problem with authoritarianism is that it will never be exactly what you want it to be, that's the nature of authority. The only way you can really want it is if you assume what you want is the only authority that will be exercised.
You agree with it this week, how about next week when they go a step too far, or a week after when someone you hate is in power and they use the power you ceded to do things you find reprehensible?
Freedom is the only choice for people who recognise they can't trust authority to act in their best interest over the long term. Then you don't need to care about the exact whims of the individuals in power.
The problem with authoritarianism is that it will never be exactly what you want it to be, that's the nature of authority. The only way you can really want it is if you assume what you want is the only authority that will be exercised.
You agree with it this week, how about next week when they go a step too far, or a week after when someone you hate is in power and they use the power you ceded to do things you find reprehensible?
Freedom is the only choice for people who recognise they can't trust authority to act in their best interest over the long term. Then you don't need to care about the exact whims of the individuals in power.