On Reflection

I have been pondering or considering this though for weeks now, especially as I look at how the rest of the world is behaving compared to the uk. In the Middle East Goverments have certain ways that they control there populations and run there countries. There inhabitants understand curfews, difficult regimes, coups, and various other social issues that arise from them. I think or believe that they therefore can cope with the requests or orders being made on them. They may not like it but they will comply.

Most of Europe was occupied under the yoke of nazi rule or communist rule. The great grand parents,the grand parents, and sometimes the children will have lived these experiences. Even though some of those generations are now gone, it the occupation of Europe is in peoples collectives memories it is indeed still part of remembered history. So those people understand the requests being made of them. Off course there are those who cant or wont comply but most do with the rememberance of curfews under occupation. Then off course there is my beloved little island, where we have pretty much been free for a thousand years give or take a Norman conquest, a Crusade or two, and a civil war.  We are free and do not like being told what to do, we know whats good for us. Dont we?.

Off course we are all trying very hard to comply with the requests of our Government, it is not easy. Today after writing my previous post I have come to a conclusion of sorts joggers have been and always will be a law unto themselves. But its those other people who wont socially distance, who walk past you on the street and wont give space to you or anyone else who seemingly take what you or I consider to be great risks. Its not bravado, its not the fact that there fearless,or just stupid. Its that they are terrified, to have to compute what is actually going on around them must be torture, to actually have to allow the thought that they could die that there families could die that lots more of us could die. Must be almost unfathomable, so today I am going to muster up that ounce of compassion and I will give way to all and smile while I do it. Not because I am not scared, not because its one upmanship but because I will feel better doing it.