Freedom is very important to me, it's what gives me the ability to do what I want when I want. There shouldn't be any conditions on it as long as I’m not harming anyone else.

I’ve written many times about how most people have no interest in something that doesn’t affect them personally. In fact the other day I was having a conversation with someone that told me she didn’t care if everything she did was monitored, she had nothing to hide. In her view it would never affect her because it meant nothing to lose your privacy. Of course she is entitled to her opinion and if she’s okay with an agency looking into her every activity, I’m not here to judge her. Now, I personally don’t believe she has truly thought about what potentially could happen if we all agreed to complete monitoring, because I would bet she has some things she wouldn't want anyone to know about. I heard that Israel has just introduced a “Freedom bracelet” which allows anyone who has just arrived in their country to “self” quarantine as opposed to staying in a military camp for two weeks. It's a monitoring device to make sure you don't leave your home. Interesting to me that they choose “freedom” as a descriptor of the bracelet designed to take away your freedom.

Why do I have such a strong view on freedom? Many know that I spent almost five months in a hospital as a child, literally in a bed tied to traction that was designed to heal me. I know it was for my own good, I had several broken bones and obviously required the apparatus keep my legs in place.  I would have felt very differently if I had to stay in that hospital because I might have an accident that could break my bones. Do you see the difference? Risks in life are something that we all face every day, should I stop eating grapes to be sure I never choke on one? I’ve been locked down due to an obvious injury, I hated it, and it made me truly, absolutely, without hesitation accept risk as part of life. I could never live in a world where someone that thinks they know what might happen, is dictating what I can do, simply for my own good! 

Please, this is so important to think about, I mean deeply consider it as though it has already happened. Imagine being told what to eat, when to eat, when to go to sleep, when to wake up, what you have to do after you wake up, whether you can have a child, who you can go see and when, what you have to put on your face to protect others! Do you want your children or grandchildren to live this way? Someone thinks they know what’s going to happen based on their “computer models” and you all have to suffer to see if it comes true. These people have been wrong over and over again, yet we put our faith in them. Are you sure this is the life you choose? 

S.A.Y.