zico wrote:GoSeigen wrote:
"No more lockdown" is not a new idea. It is what we have lived with for decades. Lockdown is the new stupid idea and I want it to end as soon as possible. I greatly resent not being able to see my close family members for the best part of a year for no good reason.
GS
So why don't you simply go and see your close family members if it's important to you? OK, it's illegal, but then so is driving at 31mph in a 30mph zone, and who hasn't ever done that?
Because I live abroad and they are in the UK and the border is effectively closed? This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just limited to the UK and equally stupid laws apply elsewhere. None of our family could attend the funeral of a close relative who committed suicide during the lockdown, not even her parents.
These restrictions are arbitrary and completely unacceptable beyond a very short, well defined and targeted measure (and subject to democratic scrutiny and control).
GS