SHIRLEY WRITES
Warwick Castle, above, was never conquered by foreigners, but has been brought low by a lowly virus.
Thank you Shirley for your comments below from England. I trust it will prompt my readers to think.
Gibber! Gibber!
Chugley
The Well Connected Chimp
UK Perspective on Covid 19 – Subliminal Programming or Propaganda – Where Do We Go From Here?
(These are my views as a woman living in England, on how the culture and spirit of my country has changed over 50 years. Why the country does not feel protected or strong any more, how it has lost, and is losing it values and decency, and how we are daily losing our free speech.)
Propaganda.
Propaganda is information, especially of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Propaganda is often associated with the psychological mechanisms of influencing and altering the attitude of a population toward a specific cause, position or political agenda in an effort to form a consensus to a standard set of belief patterns. Propaganda is information that is not impartial and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively (perhaps lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or using loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information presented. https://www.jstor.org/topic/propaganda/?refreqid=excelsior%3Aac92a05338d9bf9df312312fae0fc16e
This week the great British public have been released from their imprisonment, and they have been rewarded by being allowed to partake in the great British pastime of socially boozing together. Yes, a trip to the local pub has been the long awaited relief that according to mainstream media many millions of citizens have been eagerly waiting for. Apparently, It was our 4th July, our Super Saturday!
In view of this, TV personality, Dr Hilary also advised local Accident and Emergency units should be on stand-by for an increase in patients on the scale of New Year’s Eve admissions.
As pubs and restaurants once more opened their dusty bolted doors under safe and hygienic distancing measures of course, I drove past some of the most popular inns and restaurants in my area, which is well outside London, but saw little of the eager and long awaiting crowds lining up to get through the doors of the many pubs and restaurants that line our busy main roads and country lanes. There was not the natural and normal buzz of enjoyment or laughter. I witnessed a few solitary cars which were sadly socially parked on once empty car parks. This was also confirmed in other parts of the country.
I wondered if the sobering up from a long three months of being socially distant from others had revealed a reality that only stillness and silence can convey, but I also wondered just how many people were still living under the fear of catching a virus and were more accustomed to their solitary confinement and perceived safety whilst sitting on ‘death watch’?
In contrast, the previous weekend had seen thousands descend onto the beech at Bournemouth in Dorset, reportedly creating widespread havoc with abandoned cars, overcrowding and leaving tons of litter in their wake.
Council leader Vikki Slade said she was “absolutely appalled at the sight of so many people tightly packed on the south coast’s beaches’. Why was she surprised?
Stay at home, unemployed and employed workers and their families had decided that the predicted heat wave, the fresh air, sun, sand and ocean were just what the doctor really ordered rather than a pint of beer which they can buy at the local supermarket at any time. It didn’t take a genius to understand that this type of freedom would then overcrowd certain outdoor areas when foreign travel and imposed restrictions elsewhere had been enforced.
It was also reported that there was also a certain rebellion from some of the beachcombers against officials who were trying to maintain some sort of order.
After witnessing crowded demonstrations/demonstrators in London being allowed to freely assemble and then trash statues with very little resistance; a sense of injustice and mistrust might just have been the key motivator in creating the division now being displayed against authority.
From an objective point of view, it is very cruel that innocent people are being expected to adhere to behavioural techniques, which includes continuous fear and injustice, being implemented against them, only to be ‘chastised’ by the very creators of such confusion and chaos. A psychologist might call this the actions of narcissist parenting.
One of the saddest expectations is the muzzling of adults and children when there is no sufficient evidence to prove that mask wearing prevents a person catching a virus especially in situations where a mask might not be needed. This adds to the isolation and the separation which is being implemented. They also remove your identity.
The Naughty Step for Leicester
Elsewhere in the UK, the citizens in the city of Leicester have been put under lockdown again whilst the rest of England enjoys some freedom. This conveys the message that if we don’t behave elsewhere, we will suffer the same fate once more. We had better conform.
Emergency legislation was also put in place through government so that the police will have the ability to fine people from £100 to £3,000 for repeat offenders who break the lockdown. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has defended the decision to lockdown Leicester because of the spike in new cases of people testing positive for Covid-19. There has been no such threat against demonstrators who trash statues. You can watch a report here from the BBC which is biased in that it records only one person being distressed by the lockdown whilst others believe they should comply:
I am glad to be in Australia Gibbering away!
6 thoughts on “SHIRLEY WRITES”
Dear Chugley,
I’ve had a gut full of conspiracy theorists suggesting the corona virus is a hoax or harmless or mildly less severe than the usual flu virus we experience each winter. These people are likely the main cause of spread and outbreaks like we’re now seeing. Such complacency is allowing others to think it’s OK to ignore directives to isolate or distance or protect themselves and others from the spread causing further hardship, illness and death.
I draw your attention to the report from our missionary friends in K. as follows.
One of the biggest struggles for the K people over the past four months is just believing that the coronavirus is real. That it’s not a conspiracy of the government and tied up in some money-making scheme. In fact, many people haven’t accepted the reality until someone they know has fallen ill.
When the state of emergency ended in the middle of May, the assumption was that it was all over for the virus. On the contrary, cases started increasing at quite a rate. We went from about 5000 cases in the middle of May to over 45,000 this weekend. Now, people know people who are sick.
In devastating news, the father-in-law of our dear friend and Eliza’s former language nurturer Kenzhegul died from COVID-19 in hospital this week. He was 75 and is the first official death for our region. Normally, we would go to the home to mourn with the family members and then attend the funeral. This time we can’t do that. Please lift up Kenzhegul and her family as they mourn Grandfather in such difficult circumstances.
Our two local English teachers Dilara and Christina are sick and the virus has swept through their families too. Because testing is not being conducted widely outside the city, the numbers are surely much higher than what is being reported officially. May Dilara, Christina and their families get better quickly.
Because the curve has not flattened here, the government has decided to introduce another two weeks of lock down starting tomorrow, with the option of an extension. Our upward request is that locals will obey these rules, that they will realise the seriousness of the situation and that, ultimately, the virus will be stopped in its tracks.
And may our own family, neighbours and expat friends continue to stay well.
I just hope these folk who desensitise others to the danger of Covid-19 wake up to reality one day.
Stay safe, keep yourself safe and protect yourself and others from possible spread. Love your neighbours.
Yes, it certainly is a hot topic Paul, and it is hard to maintain an even handed approach. The virus is undoubtedly dangerous, but the consensus so far, seems to be that we are not being told the whole truth. This Blog is open for polite discussion, we love our neighbours – even in the zoo we have to get on with creatures like skunks! Now there is a test. Part two comes up tomorrow. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley
Shirley’s observation of political activists being excused for marching for some marxist agenda….but ordinary citizens cannot attend church or Anzac Day services or enjoy the beach … she is spot-on correct!
What the government decides is OK for one group of people, but is not OK for another group is what ordinary, law-abiding citizens here in Oz see as good, old-fashioned hypocrisy…double standards…and we don’t like to see that attitude in those who are supposed to rigorously and impartially uphold the laws of the land.
Those ordinary, law-abiding citizens are the “silent majority”….and they usually get their way at election time!
It is interesting, Paul, how this issue polarises people. See comment from the other Paul (not you) below. I guess the whole truth may come out one day….perhaps. In the meantime we maintain polite, but robust, discussion. I tend to think there is no smoke without fire, but that does not in any way reduce the danger of this frightful bug. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley
Unfortunately, the term ‘conspiracy theorist’ has been invented to silence rational discussion and silence researchers in the same way the labels of bigot and racist have been used. I think I would always encourage all readers to look at the facts in relation to Covid 19 themselves across a much broader spectrum outside of what a government tells you. These have been provided by other very well respected doctors and scientists in their field and many staff in the medical profession. There is also excellent evidence provided of cures. My own thoughts are that it would have been better to quarantine the vulnerable in our society. and that is my view. The article however is pointing out the psychological manipulation and there are outcomes to this both physically and spiritually for all countries. Working inside the medical profession myself I can provide the statistics for the increased number of suicides which have resulted from the pandemic and also the increase in depression and anxiety amongst adults and children. I can also testify to not being allowed to the funeral of a family member and a work colleague who died with Covid 19. This does not distract however from the caution that we should take and look at the damage that psychological ‘warfare’ can do to people.
Thank you Shirley for this most polite, logical and unemotional response. I will always, as long as enabled, support polite, responsible and robust discussion on my Blog, it is part of my ongoing education. I will run part two of your thoughtful article today, for the edification of my readers. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley
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