Who are these alleged Communist bombers?
Russia? Cuba? North Korea?
How fragile and unstable must democracy be?

The only people I see marching in defiance of the public good are self-interested zealots who get their information from Karen on Twitter and jump at imaginary shadows.

Their "right" not to wear a mask is apparently more important than my right to keep my family safe from physical harm or death.

Chances are many of the same "my body my right" are also rabid anti-abortionists.

If they were around during the London Blitz they would be not covering their windows at night and claiming the bombs were a hoax.

If there was any real justice those protesters wouldn't get COVID themselves but their loved ones would and they can then witness what their actions have created and be forced to live with the guilt.

They call this The Age of Stupid for many reasons and this is just another one.

Maybe this is Nature's way of flushing them out of the gene pool.

Should Covid Vaccination Be Made Compulsory?

Of course not, it's a no-brainer and nobody seriously suggests that.

BUT, this pointless discussion obscures the terrible fact that this rogue gang calling itself "government" or "Commonwealth of Australia" or whatever other stupid name, has compelled us to NOT be vaccinated!

It is them who put us in harm's way! It is them who prevent us from taking care of ourselves and the health needs of us and our families. If not for them, we could have obtained our vaccines long ago, be it from overseas of by self-manufacture, we could even travel overseas to be vaccinated had they not prevented it. If not for them, we could choose our preferred vaccine with or without their approval, we could inject it in our own arms, we wouldn't have to beg for it from them and we wouldn't have to register it with them.

Of course, they want us to thank them, for presumably saving our lives and health - but they cannot cheat us, even while they have the guns and all the sophisticated equipment to oppress us, we will never believe their propaganda machine: they are the guilty and while in this world they hold the brute force over our bodies, they have no hold on our souls.

Indeed the Taliban would be worse, but the difference is only quantitative: qualitatively and philosophically, they and the Taliban are the same.

rache,

"Their "right" not to wear a mask is apparently more important than my right to keep my family safe from physical harm or death."

There is no evidence worthy of the title that shows that being outside and not wearing a mask is dangerous. NSW Health has confirmed what has been found all around the world- that the virus doesn't get transmitted through casual outdoor contacts....eg "NSW Health told Nine reporter Chris O'Keefe that throughout the entire pandemic, not a single confirmed case of COVID transmission has been found to have occurred outdoors." Whatismore, Gladys herself, in her daily comedy half-hour, confirmed that they had no evidence for outdoor exposure and that the reason they have those rules is to make policing easier for the police.

That to me is more than enough reason to protest and to do what you can to ignore the outdoor mask rules.

Many people just believe what the government feeds them without independent checking. To many, the mere fact that the government has set these new rules (they aren't laws) is sufficient to convince them that there must be a reason ("Karen on Twitter and jump at imaginary shadows" indeed).

Of course the government does have a reason for these rules that have no basis in fact - they need to be seen to be doing something, even if that something is useless.
Many people preen themselves that they are following the science - but have decided this science (that outdoor masks are useless) is something they'll ignore.

Many people have supported the claims of women's groups that they have exclusive rights over their body in regards to pregnancy and that the state has no right to interfere. Where are those moral preeners now that the state has determined that it has a right to treat our bodies as their domain?

why is wearing a mask outdoors so difficult?
Perhaps its the government's way of getting
people to simply get used to wearing masks
when out in public - inside or outside -
especially when being not far from others.
Medical experts tells us this virus does
not discriminate and it is transferable to
others. I would rather wear a mask if it means
keeping myself and others safe.

How hard can it be to do it if it helps save lives.
And not to do it - means possibly putting yourself
and others at risk. "My body, my rights," NO.
Not when it can affect someone else and their family.

The Covid panic - with border closures, lockdowns, talk of "passports" and compulsory vaccination, seems to be proving, in my view, the contention that Western civilisation has become so obsessed with safety that many people are prepared to accept tyranny in return for being shielded from the unpleasant things of life.

One the other hand, there seems to be a growing number of people who are acting like people do when they no longer see the necessity for certain laws, and they start to disobey them. When the contact between the people and the government has been broken, and continues stubbornly to be broken as it is in Australia, anything can happen, will happen, and is obviously happening now.

"Perhaps its the government's way of getting
people to simply get used to wearing masks
when out in public"

But the government and agencies around the world have confirmed that wearing a mask outdoors has no benefit. The NSW government has admitted that and has confirmed that the reason they do it is because it makes the police's job easier. Forcing people to obey useless rules just so the police's job is easier isn't the way a democracy works or the way free people live.

"How hard can it be to do it if it helps save lives."

Of course there are many who just refuse to follow the science when it suits. Masking up when outdoors doesn't save lives. Indeed there is some evidence that it does the opposite.

What I find astonishing is that even when the government comes out and admits that they were lying about things like this, some continue to want to believe the lie.