Popcorn sales are booming in New Zealand. It is surreal to see how things are playing out. There are a bunch of different types of people here.
1. Those who adore the PM. For these people she can do no wrong and everybody who dares to question her actions is a complete asshole and a vicious bully. No hope for these people. Completely absorbed by the cult of Jacinda.
2. There are those who oppose the current government and want to see their favourite party take power in the looming election. For these people everything bad is an indication of how the government must be taken down. Just as rabid as the cult of Jacinda followers.
3. There are those who are deeply upset at the mess the government has made over isolation and quarantine of returning Kiwis. They feel that they did their part in accepting home detention and were relying on the government to keep the borders tightly sealed to keep them safe. Now it is obvious that this has not happened and they are peeved. How could the government release people from isolation without testing them? How could the government not know how many people have been released with out testing. For these people, the propaganda about being a team of 5 million working together is no longer working.
This third group are also the most fearful. These are the people rushing to the testing stations to get tested just in case one of those released people came near them. These are the ones starting to murmur about making mask wearing compulsory. These are the ones starting to voluntarily isolate themselves, just in case. Clearly the mind virus has really got to these people. They can't answer simple questions and they brush them off. Questions like - if they isolated for 2 weeks, which we were told was the life-cycle of the evil virus, then why are they a danger to you? When were these people released and if they are dangerous wouldn't we see some examples of community transmission? Have you noticed that none of these new cases are serious enough to go to hospital? Did you notice that most of these cases are in people who are asymptomatic? No, the ability to reason and to think rationally is just not there.
I have learned to just sit back and watch these diverse peoples going about with their insane behaviour and to rarely comment. There is no point. Better to observe a nation slowly but surely self destructing. Sad.
1. Those who adore the PM. For these people she can do no wrong and everybody who dares to question her actions is a complete asshole and a vicious bully. No hope for these people. Completely absorbed by the cult of Jacinda.
2. There are those who oppose the current government and want to see their favourite party take power in the looming election. For these people everything bad is an indication of how the government must be taken down. Just as rabid as the cult of Jacinda followers.
3. There are those who are deeply upset at the mess the government has made over isolation and quarantine of returning Kiwis. They feel that they did their part in accepting home detention and were relying on the government to keep the borders tightly sealed to keep them safe. Now it is obvious that this has not happened and they are peeved. How could the government release people from isolation without testing them? How could the government not know how many people have been released with out testing. For these people, the propaganda about being a team of 5 million working together is no longer working.
This third group are also the most fearful. These are the people rushing to the testing stations to get tested just in case one of those released people came near them. These are the ones starting to murmur about making mask wearing compulsory. These are the ones starting to voluntarily isolate themselves, just in case. Clearly the mind virus has really got to these people. They can't answer simple questions and they brush them off. Questions like - if they isolated for 2 weeks, which we were told was the life-cycle of the evil virus, then why are they a danger to you? When were these people released and if they are dangerous wouldn't we see some examples of community transmission? Have you noticed that none of these new cases are serious enough to go to hospital? Did you notice that most of these cases are in people who are asymptomatic? No, the ability to reason and to think rationally is just not there.
I have learned to just sit back and watch these diverse peoples going about with their insane behaviour and to rarely comment. There is no point. Better to observe a nation slowly but surely self destructing. Sad.