As usual I like to warn people about my sometimes strong opinions on matters. This is neither a left or right rant. It is, however, a condemnation of stupidity & selfishness. If you're offended by it, I don't care. For those at Trinity Bellwood Park, I hope the hell you are.
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If you think I'm talking to you personally, here's a song that was written by Carly Simon a few years ago you might want to listen to. (Love the guy dancing on the steps, freaking hilarious)

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Back in March when the CD-19 pandemic first became the dominate issue on the planet I had to make a hard choice. I'm in South East Asia and had to decide if I'd join the throngs of panic stricken tourists and flood the airports to get home to Canada. I got email after email
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from the Canadian Embassy I'm registered with outlining the dangers and offering the tools I'd need to get my butt to a 'safer' place - Canada. I'm in my 70s and decided that getting into a panic driven crush at several of the busiest airports in the world might not be
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a great choice for me, so I decided to bide my time. I'm here on a long stay visa so no rush there. I live in a monthly rented condo (a studio apartment) so, safe and comfortable. That didn't stop me from keeping a close eye on flights and what I would face on my return
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to Canada though. I also thought a lot about human based cooperative Asian societies and self-interested individualist societies like Canada. In Asia, when confronted by a common enemy, such as a pandemic, the people tend to close ranks (metaphorically) and fight together.
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Their purpose is to win. The countries here, big and small, have fought off invaders from every part of the world for untold centuries, the invaders were driven out, and the autonomous countries are still here and many are thriving. They're willing to give up some
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individual rights for a time for the common good. They also support their government's sometimes draconian edicts to force the non-compliant ones to modify their behaviour. EG – the beaches in my area were closed. A huge sign went up that said use of the beach would be met
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with arrest, possible jail for 1 year and a $4,500 fine. It's patrolled by large men with 2 meter long bamboo poles. They set a curfew to stop the partiers, over 3,000 arrests in 1 month. The parties stopped. I've also watched how containment efforts have gone in Canada and
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was not happy, not happy at all. Idiots on the streets protesting a disease, barking that doctors, scientists and public health officials were 'infringing on their rights' and would never give those rights back if they gave them up. They actually think that isolation will
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become the norm, that having a population confined was somehow beneficial to....well, I have no freaking idea what most of them are babbling about. The end result is their selfishness is pushing Canada into the top 10 infection hubs in the world. So, the egomaniacs bark and
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complain about how government failed them, if only they'd been warned....arrrrrrrgh! 'scuse...so today, I see these twerps out packing themselves together in a park like a bunch of suicidal lemmings heading for a cliff. I read Postmedia rabble rousing about rights,
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and how Canada's medical officer should resign. I don't get the connection between stupid individualistic tribalists (ironic huh?) risking other people's lives as a failure of government when said government has been beating the drum for months. The failure here are Canadians
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and their arrogant selfish nonsense. They are, from this vantage point, the weakest people I've seen anywhere in the world. Their friends and family members are dying right in front of them but they need to go out to see and be seen. Meanwhile they ignore the loud and clear
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warnings of a much worse 2nd wave is imminent. The right wing conspiracy laden media continues to blame government institutions, Trudeau, doctors and medical professionals for not warning people, an doing so right in the middle of being warned that a much worse 2nd wave is
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imminent! I want to scream at that stupidity but that would only make my throat raspy. The fault in the continued spread of CD-19 is the inability of Canadians to join together and a media more interested in clicks & disruption than saving lives. I'll wait until the 2nd wave
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has passed before I get on a plane and go to a place I spent nearly 70 years of my life helping to build, that turned into a selfish weak Idiocracy. I have to go for a walk to the store now, I'll put on my mask, not complain at the free hand sanitizer and temperature check
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at the store's front door, it's a safe place to be. BTW –the country I'm in has nearly twice Canada's population (who has just passed China for total infections) but only has little over 3K infections and fewer than 60 deaths. I made the right choice sitting here and waiting.
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There is little sanity in Canada right now and I am hugely disappointed with some of the people in my homeland. Sad day for me.

Addendum: An extra special note to the freedom preachers. You folks complain and whine incessantly about your freedom to go and do whatever you want, no mask, no social distancing and on and on and on.

It's clear to me giving up your right to life is the ultimate infringement.