RE: Good People
May 10, 2021 at 11:14 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2021 at 11:19 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(May 10, 2021 at 9:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Taking out the pandemic that's been plaguing the world for well over a year, vs. the autonomy of not taking two brief jabs to the arm (thus undermining the march to herd immunity and making this pandemic go on for longer than it has to).
To reframe those "two jabs" in a way that I know will be controversial at first: We have another word for forcing (or coercing) things into people's body without their consent—it's called rape. They are both a violation of people's bodily autonomy. Perhaps with the only distinction being that we consider one of them necessary and the other unjustified. But there's no doubt in my mind that the physical and psychological aversion that many people have for needles (and other invasive procedures) is of a similar nature. Many people consider it an outright traumatic experience. And unlike consensual sex, I don't think very many people find voluntary vaccinations and their after effects pleasurable.
People deserve the right to do what they think is in the best interest of their body. And I'm not sure sacrificing that for the best interest of others is a good idea.
