The masquerade party has begun in my Ontario county. The local health unit has a new policy (masquerading as a law) that asks business owners to crack down on all those people breathing willy-nilly in their stores and taxi cabs. Same goes for those snoring through sermons at churches, mosques, temples and synagogues. And I guess restaurants best switch to liquid meals and eat with a straw.

The policy’s list of exemptions, however, shows how one may easily opt-out of this mind control experiment (whereby people are asked to do something that has no significant benefit, while causing harm to the user and those around them.) Unless, of course, you like wearing a mask. Then, well, it’s your dream come true.

Otherwise, the policy is so lawless, counter to the human rights code and to constitutional freedoms, that all one might have to say is: “I am exempt from wearing a mask.”

In fact, you probably don’t even have to say that much. Though, I think it would be best if we said more.

A lot more.

Passive and quiet opposition to tyranny isn’t going to affect much change. Speak up while you still can. Masks may seem trivial, but they’ve already proven they are capable of demanding far worse in the spirit of voluntary servitude.

In my most recent article, I explain how to use face covering exemptions as a form of protest. The article links to a downloadable Notice of Exemptions that you can customize, print, use and distribute locally. You can read the article and download your own Notice of Exemption here.