all i am saying.

'everybody's talkin 'bout

revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation,

regulations, integrations

meditations, united nations, congratulations.'

recently, one of my friends told me he believes it'd be a good idea for a sizeable percentage of the world's population to remain unvaccinated... just in case.

apparently he thinks there may be, you know, some wide-spread catastrophic side-effect from the vaccines down the road. he then also alluded to the possibility of a hugely wealthy and powerful coterie pulling the strings, like puppeteers, of the world's leaders. i had not realized how far down that rabbit-hole he'd travelled. now i realize he's burrowed out a friggin bunker down there. 

well, i have no intention of losing friends over the controversies surrounding vaccinations or other pandemic-related issues, unless my sarcasm's too... sarcastic for one or another. it certainly wouldn't be the first time. it just seems that we collectively have once again found a minority group to suppress, repress, oppress, and i'd rather not. they're already not allowed to travel, not allowed into shops, some may well lose their jobs, have already lost friends and relations. i know people who angrily refuse to associate with anti-vaccinated people even from a great distance. i'd prefer to reason with simple logic. i'd prefer to discuss, cajole, even plead. and if none of that fails to convince them then, ok, round the fuggers up.

'ev'rybody's talkin 'bout

bagism, shagism, dragism, madism, ragism, tagism

this-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ism.'

the fact is, you mess with my buddies, you mess with me. we may not always agree, but they're all i've got. if one or another has fallen into a hole, hell, i'd rather throw down a rope, dangle a carrot: find a solution. i told my guy that, if it gets crazy enough, i'll do his grocery shopping. he seemed genuinely touched by my offer, until i added that of course i'll have to leave the bags at the end of his driveway. the fact is, you don't need to be unvaccinated to stand up for their human rights. 

i'm happily vaccinated, ready for the booster at some point. and i frankly like the whole passport concept. i accept what the world's top doctors, researchers and scientists have been saying now for many months. but the fact also is that some do not agree. they rant against the main-stream media, quote other sources, pull out articles they've stuffed into desk-drawers down in their bunkers. however, there are examples throughout history of dissenting opinions having eventually proven to be bang on. so let's not dig a bunker of our own, at least not so deep that we can't crawl out if need be.

all i am saying is: let's take a breath, hopefully void of coughing and wheezing. let's take a step back and a deep breath. all i am saying is: let's give peace a chance. let's figure this out, together. 

'c'mon, ev'rybody's talking 'bout

ministers, sinisters, bannisters, canisters,

bishops and fishops and rabbis and popeyes and bye-bye,

bye-bye.'