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Tamsin's avatar

The picture of the policeman and policewoman taping off the playground, as well as Mike's observations, suggests to me that for the simple price of wearing a uniform and a mask, enforcing laws is a very attractive way to make a living because you get to live life like it was before Covid.

You get to run around town on various missions with your mates without the possibility of getting into any trouble whatsoever. The city is your playground; you can hang from the monkey bars or jump from the swings or play tag with all the other police kids.

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Dr T's avatar

“There's something absurd in trying to describe it all in monolithic terms, "Australians are...".”

The irony of the situation in Melbourne is that Victoria has Australia’s most left-of-centre state government. My COVID experience in South Australia, which has a right-of-centre state government, has been very different. Having always voted left-of-centre wherever I have lived, I am deeply distressed by the Left as it is today in the West, seemingly coming full circle and rapidly approaching the far Right from behind.

It is also important to remember that the American concept of personal “freedom” is a product of your geography and history, not ours.

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