The stories that the Betrayal Project has gathered demonstrate that these were not isolated errors: they were systemic, ethical failings. Society has been scarred by this, and trust in the healthcare system has been broken, perhaps beyond repair.
We all need to grow the hell up and stop demanding someone does something. It’s the measles – big yawn.
Put on the records, grab the guitar and choke the chicken for all you’re worth.
Bacon, ham, salami and gas cookers are all in the nanny-staters’ sights.
There’s a difference between compassion and overreach. If you can afford to pay for your doctor, you should. It’s that simple.
The consequences of our passivity, our surrender, and our loss of autonomy are not over. They’re just beginning.
May I suggest that if new things are what have brought us to this point of crisis, then it is precisely old things that become the weapons of the counter-revolution. Things like faith, family, community, and nature itself are what ground us in the reality of who we really are as humans.
Even though time is passing and memories may have faded. The effect of the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, if passed, will be not peripheral to our personal interests or safety.
Tax-to-spend is not what New Zealand needs.
Many New Zealanders who earn far less may see the strikes as self-serving rather than justified, reducing the unions’ moral leverage.
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
