"The most extraordinary event of my lifetime"
(and probably yours too)
(and probably yours too)
Blazing Reader,
"When I talk about lockdown, people say, are you still droning on about that?" said Brendan O'Neill, during his Australian tour for the Institute of Public Affairs. "Yes, yes I am still droning on about it. And I will continue droning on about it because it was the most extraordinary event of my lifetime."
Here's O'Neill's short list of how "the social contract was absolutely torn to shreds":
- Civil liberty was suspended.
- Democracy was put on hold.
- Stasi-like snitching was encouraged.
- House arrest was enforced on every single person in the country.
- Lakes were dyed black (this really happened).
O'Neill concludes: "It is an abomination to forget what happened. And it is essential to remember... in order to rearticulate why it was a bad thing and why the values that were undermined during lockdown — particularly freedom — [are] worth defending."
Another way (other than "droning on about it") to rehabilitate those suffering from lockdown amnesia is to gift them a copy of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopia Story — a perennial story about a group of non-conformists from smalltown Northern Ontario who become Canada's most wanted for refusing to mask and social distance. It's an entertaining way to help your family and friends remember how horrific and unbelievable the world became when tyrannical governments removed their masks of false compassion. If you don't want it to happen again then support freedom-preserving fiction by purchasing copies at: MuchAdoAboutCorona.com
John C.A. Manley
John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of speculative fiction. Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber at: https://blazingpinecone.com/subscribe/
