"If you need to do something to “get your freedom back” then what you are getting back is not freedom, it is temporary relief with strings attached. Think of it as a day pass permitting you to leave jail as long as you are back by the morning. That is not getting your freedom back. It’s your captors deciding to take their foot off your neck for a while to make controlling you easier in the long run."
While this is an obvious truth to many of us it seems to be a major sticking point for too many.
Just reading your work now. Wow. A great thinker, a great writer. I'm in the US, in one of the states that didn't really have lockdowns, and it has been terrible to watch was going on in Aus/New Z. Inconceivable. The police, the compliance, the masks outdoors on sunny days.
Theft as the only sin? While you could stretch it out to fit with theft, I think greed is theft's sibling. Greed for more power, more time, more pleasure. Surely this is sin in itself. That's what I saw when I watched some grandparents not want to see their families, locking themselves in their houses, demanding the vaccines for any who entered. They were greedy lifers. And cowards. To fear death which at that age is right on your doorstep, is stupid and oh so cowardly.
I've enjoyed Bob Moran's art since the beginning, but seeing that video of him. Wow! He is really amazing. Thanks for sharing that. Thanks for your writings.
So many spot on observations. Thank you!!'
"If you need to do something to “get your freedom back” then what you are getting back is not freedom, it is temporary relief with strings attached. Think of it as a day pass permitting you to leave jail as long as you are back by the morning. That is not getting your freedom back. It’s your captors deciding to take their foot off your neck for a while to make controlling you easier in the long run."
While this is an obvious truth to many of us it seems to be a major sticking point for too many.
Just reading your work now. Wow. A great thinker, a great writer. I'm in the US, in one of the states that didn't really have lockdowns, and it has been terrible to watch was going on in Aus/New Z. Inconceivable. The police, the compliance, the masks outdoors on sunny days.
Theft as the only sin? While you could stretch it out to fit with theft, I think greed is theft's sibling. Greed for more power, more time, more pleasure. Surely this is sin in itself. That's what I saw when I watched some grandparents not want to see their families, locking themselves in their houses, demanding the vaccines for any who entered. They were greedy lifers. And cowards. To fear death which at that age is right on your doorstep, is stupid and oh so cowardly.
I've enjoyed Bob Moran's art since the beginning, but seeing that video of him. Wow! He is really amazing. Thanks for sharing that. Thanks for your writings.
Thank you so much for your wisdom and observations. I always look forward to reading each and every email.
Well according to Wendell Berry Health IS membership or belonging