tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5169374001543864043..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Certitude Of The Profoundly IgnorantLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-17383553846438561072021-07-30T15:46:53.885-04:002021-07-30T15:46:53.885-04:00I read your blog post on social cohesion, Mound, a...I read your blog post on social cohesion, Mound, and the implications are indeed troubling. In terms of Covid-19, I think the stakes are too high to let political considerations as we are seeing right at home get in the way of sound public health measures. Maybe those of us who are not unhinged need to raise our voices and convey our demands in economic terms. For example, and many have already said this, tell the powers-that-be a refusal to sanction vaccine certificates means there will be a decline in indoor dining. I have no intention of eating indoors unless I know both staff and customers are fully vaccinated. If a fourth wave proves to engulf us, such certificates could be a way of allowing businesses to continue.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2700316796739348022021-07-30T14:30:18.605-04:002021-07-30T14:30:18.605-04:00For several years I've fretted over the appare...For several years I've fretted over the apparent decline of social cohesion and how that is both inculcated and exploited by the powerful. Madness such as this demonstrates that society, or a significant part of it, no longer functions rationally. Pizzagate, QAnon, anti-vaxxers, a rainbow of conspiracy theories that seems to continue growing, spreading from America to the rest of the world like blood poisoning spreading through arteries and then capillaries.<br /><br />Covid has shown us the destructive power of this madness. That's bad enough but what does this portend for how society will perform in future emergencies? When social cohesion is weak, so too are responses. <br /><br />My confidence in my fellow citizens to do the rational thing stands bruised if not broken.<br /><br />Do the rational people need to coalesce, circle the wagons? If not are we then just along for the ride? The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53559279730198944962021-07-30T13:33:56.653-04:002021-07-30T13:33:56.653-04:00I find it incredible, Mound, that so many have lea...I find it incredible, Mound, that so many have learned so little from our experience with Covid thus far. No doubt, with these specimens of humanity seemingly occupying a prime place in the political agenda, there will be many more learning opportunities ahead.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-21339609837595147912021-07-30T13:03:54.869-04:002021-07-30T13:03:54.869-04:00The same people who demand lockdowns be lifted for...The same people who demand lockdowns be lifted for the sake of the economy are those who reject vaccination. There's such a logical disconnect that it beggars belief to those watching from the sidelines. <br /><br />We're told this is the advent of the "fourth wave." That's 'fourth' as in we've been through this before. We lifted mask and distancing mandates only to see clusters break out like some body rash before transforming into a wave that sends us all back into seclusion.<br /><br />It's idiocy on a mortal scale.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-58118098684269717862021-07-30T12:28:00.398-04:002021-07-30T12:28:00.398-04:00That has become especially evident during this pan...That has become especially evident during this pandemic, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-36793147068577652842021-07-30T12:26:50.588-04:002021-07-30T12:26:50.588-04:00Fools come in all shapes sizes and education level...Fools come in all shapes sizes and education levels, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com