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Category Archives: Freedom
The Battle Against the Tyrants
During the past two years, the saner sections of the human race have been comparing the powers used by their governments, to a period in the last century; that of the dictatorial regime in Nazi Germany between the 1930s and … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
4 Comments
The Milgram Experiment: How Would You Respond?
In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist, conducted experiments on destructive obedience to authority. The aim of the experiment was to understand the extent to which people would be prepared to obey an instruction, if it involved harming another … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Freedom, Life
3 Comments
A Small Act of Defiance
Real life accounts of people who have bravely stood up against injustice are inspiring. Whether it is from the past or from the present, I have found these narratives of interest as they put my own life’s experiences into perspective. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Freedom
6 Comments
Which Would You Rather Be: Fed or Free?
Last month, in her speech at The Democracy Fund event, Dr Julie Ponesse posed some questions to her audience: How free do you feel? Raise your hand up if you felt more free 2 years ago? How about 10 years … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
9 Comments
What Can I Do?
Let’s go back in time, a few years. Say, it is 2015, right now. There are topics to discuss, problems to be concerned about, and politicians to be critical of. But, it’s okay. I am reading the Cat blog and … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Unity
11 Comments
Compliance Is Not a Virtue
In September this year, Dr Julie Ponesse, Ethics Professor at Huron College at the University of Western Ontario, was dismissed after 20 years in her job. She lost her teaching position for questioning and refusing to comply with her employer’s … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Ethics, Freedom
4 Comments
Something Doesn’t Add Up
During his homily at the Church of the Epiphany, Fr. Thomas Dufner spoke out against the totalitarian COVID-19 vaccine mandates. ‘The Church stands for the family’ and the ‘rights of the individual,’ he said. We might be bullied into something … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
3 Comments
“No One Grants Me Freedom, For I Am A Free Person”
This speech by Christine Anderson, a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament, was given at a press conference supporting the rights of workers against the mandatory Digital Certificate. Here is a transcript of the speech. “But it … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
9 Comments
Enjoy Freedoms Like Travelling
I am genuinely amazed at how fast the language has changed: Under current recommended regulations in Australia, citizens are encouraged to be vaccinated to enjoy freedoms like travelling. The NBL won’t mandate vaccinations, but has made it clear players won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
5 Comments
Covid Lies Growing Faster than Cases
To return to WA, travellers must have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and show they have had a negative test in the 72 hours before departure. So mandatory vaccines are now a matter of when not if, adding … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
73 Comments
(2 + 2 = 5) Calculating the cost of lockdowns
From the Daily Mail (because local media won’t dare touch it) How Sydney’s lockdown broke Dieter Brummer: Home and Away star, 45, took his own life after construction ban left him without hope and money – as his tragic final … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Freedom
86 Comments