(17-02-2022, 08:45 PM)dken31 Wrote: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/17/sir-r...-protests/
Good to see a bit of high profile support, and generally see that the protest is growing in size and legitimacy. Even Mallard is clearly beginning to realise that they're going to have to talk to the protestors eventually and is desperately trying to pretend that he still has some control over the situation.
From the article "ÔÇ£I'm also strongly opposed to the ever increasing erosion of our human rights and the growing limitations on our freedom of choice. I believe in having the freedom to be able to question so-called 'expert' opinion.ÔÇØ"
"Ever increasing erosion of human rights in lots of areas" IS something to complain about and is relevant to MANY things this and the previous government have done, but is NOT a factor in the covid response. What the protestors are perceiving as mask and vaccine "mandates" are just a standardising of what we all need to be doing to protect ourselves and maintain our society as much as possible. The fact that so many people are too dumb to understand that is the real problem.
"...freedom to be able to question so-called 'expert' opinion". So he thinks he knows more than the experts? Maybe we should all tell him how to sail a yacht. That IS the equivalent analogy. He's also forgetting that we don't have to just listen to the experts. Because of the internet and the generosity of the publishing world, we can actually look at the source information ourselves as much as we wish, and can therefore assess the opinion of said experts and watch how things change as the virus changes and/or the scientists learn more about it.
At least he did have the brains to get vaccinated. Mallard and the pollies are stuck between a rock and hard place knowing that forcing a resolution could come at a huge cost, but in the meantime there is also a huge cost to the people who live and try to work in central Wellington. The protestors are not part of any specific entity and there is no one to send the bill to, which is a huge pity. They should be held responsible for the mayhem they have caused.