11-16-2021, 11:43 PM
To add another angle, which is my bias... the mental health aspect.
Politics to one side for a moment and the necessity to implement strong measures to minimize the impact of Covid, particularly Delta, the mental health/illness/wellbeing impact has been far greater than many might imagine. And this won't be reflected in the figures, the full impact, for some time to come. Mental health resources are already appallingly under funded, under resourced and under supported... nationally and state wide.
To even propose a bill that would deliver such dramatic and wide sweeping authority/power into the hands of very few is a disgrace. Hanging this bill and its extremes over the heads of an already deeply stressed population is staggering in its ignorance. The inhumanity of this proposal is, simply put, dangerous.
Loved your piece, Green Stick but I would correct one thing... this is not communistic but rather authoritarian, even dictatorial. An entire population is potentially being threatened/punished for the sins of a few, as I think 3 Leos touched on. By all means create laws to rein in some of the extreme behaviours of the lunatic fringe, but not at the expense of the entire population and our 'freedoms.' Most folks are bloody ripper team players and deserve to be trusted and supported.
Politics to one side for a moment and the necessity to implement strong measures to minimize the impact of Covid, particularly Delta, the mental health/illness/wellbeing impact has been far greater than many might imagine. And this won't be reflected in the figures, the full impact, for some time to come. Mental health resources are already appallingly under funded, under resourced and under supported... nationally and state wide.
To even propose a bill that would deliver such dramatic and wide sweeping authority/power into the hands of very few is a disgrace. Hanging this bill and its extremes over the heads of an already deeply stressed population is staggering in its ignorance. The inhumanity of this proposal is, simply put, dangerous.
Loved your piece, Green Stick but I would correct one thing... this is not communistic but rather authoritarian, even dictatorial. An entire population is potentially being threatened/punished for the sins of a few, as I think 3 Leos touched on. By all means create laws to rein in some of the extreme behaviours of the lunatic fringe, but not at the expense of the entire population and our 'freedoms.' Most folks are bloody ripper team players and deserve to be trusted and supported.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17