COVID-19 (Coronavirus Pandemic) - Freedom vs War against Coronavirus
Yes, you have the liberty to walk on the street anywhere, anytime you want
to. You have the freedom not to use a mask in public places. Yes, you have the
liberty to reject lockdown. You have the liberty to risk your health and
safety. Yes, you have the right to risk your life.
Question is at
what cost you want to assert your freedom. Do you want liberty that puts
others to grave risk? Do you want liberty that disregards the safety of others?
Do you want liberty that exposes others’ life to danger?
- Karl Marx
“In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. You stay indoors by choice. In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist. During a war, you don't insist on your freedom. You willingly give it up in exchange for survival. During a war, you don't complain of hunger. You bear hunger and pray that you live to eat again
During a war,
you don't argue about opening your business. You close your shop (if you have
the time), and run for your life. You pray to outlive the war so that you can
return to your business (that's if it has not been looted or destroyed by
mortar fire.
During a war,
you are thankful to God for seeing another day in the land of the living.
During a war, you don't worry about your children not going to school. You pray
that the government does not forcefully enlist them as soldiers to be trained
in the school premises now turned military depot.
The world is
currently in a state of war. A war without guns and bullets. A war without
human soldiers. A war without borders. A war without cease-fire agreements. A
war without a war room. A war without sacred zones.
The army in
this war is without mercy. It is without any milk of human kindness. It is
indiscriminate - it has no respect for children, women, or places of worship.
This army is not interested in spoils of war. It has no intention of regime
change. It is not concerned about the rich mineral resources underneath the
earth. It is not even interested in religious, ethnic or ideological hegemony.
Its ambition has nothing to do with racial superiority. It is an invisible, fleetfooted,
and ruthlessly effective army.
Its only agenda
is a harvest of death. It is only satiated after turning the world into one big
death field. Its capacity to achieve its aim is not in doubt. Without ground,
amphibious and aerial machines, it has bases in almost every country of the
world. Its movement is not governed by any war convention or protocol. In
short, it is a law unto itself. It is Coronavirus. Also known as COVID-19
(because it announced its destructive presence and intention in the year of our
Lord 2019)
Thankfully,
this army has a weakness and it can be defeated. It only requires our
collective action, discipline and forbearance. COVID-19 cannot survive social
and physical distancing. It only thrives when you confront it. It loves to be
confronted. It capitulates in the face of collective social and physical
distancing. It bows before good personal hygiene. It is helpless when you take
your destiny in your own hands by keeping them sanitized as often as possible.
This is not a time to cry about bread and butter like spoilt
children. After all, the Holy book tells us that man shall not live by bread
alone. Let's obey and follow the instructions of the authorities. Let's flatten
the COVID-19 curve. Let's exercise patience. Let's be our brothers' keeper. In
no time, we shall regain our freedom, enterprise and socializing.”
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- Søren Kierkegaard
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