> You opened with.. That makes you a pork chop. At least to the person that used that term. You are holding some strong opinions that raise eyebrows.
He specifically called me a pork chop for the "lived experience" as he himself says in his own post. What are my strong opinions that raise eyebrows please?
I mentioned I'm vaxed and said "regardless how you feel about Covid".
> I can, you don't have a monopoly on stories heard and COVID was at the root of many a sad tale.
Never claimed any monopoly. One last time, I'm specifically talking about listening to your fellow citizens offline not antivaxer types online.
> Which punishment for purely what thoughts are you referring to here ?
Should have just started there friend.
> there are far worse countries to visit and even those can be navigated safely enough if not comfortably.
I'm at about 100, no argument there either, that's very true.
> What are my strong opinions that raise eyebrows please?
>> Regardless of where you stand on Covid some countries have handled it extremely poorly in terms of civil liberties with Australia near the top of the list.
There are some people with first hand experience of Australia's handling of COVID that do feel it was the worst boot on neck draconian facist hellscape on the planet, yes.
There's a significantly larger majority that also have first hand experience that do not feel that to be the case in the slightest.
Myself and everybody I know locally spent most of the pandemic within Australia ( I left for an overseas trip and returned ); with the exception of overseas travel, I wore a mask maybe twice and never once experienced a lockdown or curfew. Of the people I know that did experience a lockdown | curfew following the few reports of infection not one of them complained about that being a problem as they understood the base issue. On my return from overseas I self isolated for 14 days which I have no issue with, it was an entirely sensible precaution.
The decision to carry out these procedures were largely bottom up from the people and local state government rather than top down from the Federal government, indeed the Federal Government here was at odds with the state governments and the general wishes of most people.
> I'm specifically talking about listening to your fellow citizens offline not antivaxer types online.
What makes you think I haven't and the other peer Australian here hasn't?
> Which punishment for purely what thoughts are you referring to here ?
>> Should have just started there friend.
You still haven't replied to that question though, have you?
Oh, and for what it's worth, you weren't called a pork chop you were asked what were "you waffling on like a pork chop about?"
It's idiomatic in Australians and used by Australians in real life when talking in real life to others.
He specifically called me a pork chop for the "lived experience" as he himself says in his own post. What are my strong opinions that raise eyebrows please?
I mentioned I'm vaxed and said "regardless how you feel about Covid".
> I can, you don't have a monopoly on stories heard and COVID was at the root of many a sad tale.
Never claimed any monopoly. One last time, I'm specifically talking about listening to your fellow citizens offline not antivaxer types online.
> Which punishment for purely what thoughts are you referring to here ?
Should have just started there friend.
> there are far worse countries to visit and even those can be navigated safely enough if not comfortably.
I'm at about 100, no argument there either, that's very true.