Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. (René Descartes, mathematician and philosopher,1599-1650)

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

pn806. Gordon Campbell takes us a walk down "freedom" lane

Free markets, free minds, free choices, Freedom Days. In recent years, has any notion in the English language been so overused and so abused as “freedom?”...............

Think:  The golden rule is – or should be – that we are free to make personal choices, so long as the exercise of that choice does not do harm to other people. 

Think:.  Strangely enough, the anti–vaxx champions of freedom appear more than willing to impose their beliefs (and the related risks) onto everyone else. To be consistent, they should be living as hermits and should never use the public health system ever again. Yet that’s not how they tend to roll.

To read this informative and thoughtful article, click here.


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