Month: Nov 2021

On the subject of death (my own)

Most people are terrified of death. This leads them to a life of avoiding death at all costs, therefore never taking risks and not really living life as a result. They just survive day to day, making sure to merely preserve what they already have.

You only need to look at the hysterical response to covid, which you have a 99.95% chance of surviving.

I view death as something that will happen at some point, but there’s no point in worrying about it until it happens.
That doesn’t mean I’m a reckless person, but it does mean I look at risk in a rational way.

I taught this skill to my oldest daughter who is a bookworm by nature. It led to us jumping out of a perfectly good plane at 12,000ft, so we could freefall for 40 seconds before the parachute was opened. It’s hard to describe the experience, but it’s something you never forget.

The battle for my kids to be confident – Uncoffined (wordpress.com)

The only times I’ve confronted death (apart from near misses) is when I’ve gone to funerals..

The first funeral I went to was some guy that held me in his arms when I was three, and apparently was a really good guy. I was about nine yrs old at the time and obviously don’t remember him. I do remember that everyone was sad for some reason and that the club sandwiches on the table with a strange green thing (asparugus) tasted really horrible.

The second funeral was for my father. I wasn’t close to him as my parents had got divorced years earlier and I got kicked out of his house 2 weeks before School C exams (high school) to make room for his new partner.

The third funeral was for a mate who lived life to the full, and was killed in a motorcycle accident. it was a very positive affair and was effectively a celebration of his life. When I die, I would like my funeral to be like that, rather than a sad affair that leaves people unable to move on.

The forth funeral was for my father in law. It was a very sad event. I gave a positive uplifting speech which I think lifted some peoples spirits a bit (but not much). Over time my wife and family have moved on and now he’s a pleasent memory.

In conclusion, you are only here for a limited time, don’t waste it.

A week of protests in NZ


Tuesday

I went to another protest on Tuesday. It turned out to be quite small, but then again, there were at least 2 other protests going on in Auckland at the same time. I think the protests around Auckland were smaller but more numerous because it was a work day and also that the police have been arresting organisers to take then out of the picture.

The anger is still out there, so the protests now tend to be more spontanous.

The major protest by far on Tuesday was outside parliament in Wellington. Accurate numbers are hard to come by, but it seems to have been about 10,000 to 15,000 people.
It’s notable that the media was harrassed by the crowd, as they are now seen as part of the problem with all the scaremongering they have done on behalf of the Government. (the government had paid them $55 million, but only if they meet certain ‘conditions’)

No members of parliament spoke to the assembled crowd. The reason given was “security issues”. To give you an idea how pathetic the excuse is -the organisations involved were….

Freedoms | The Freedoms & Rights Coalition (tfrc.org.nz) -This is run by a christian church with Brian Tamaki as it’s leader.

Destiny Church Auckland | Destiny Church -Brian Tamaki’s church

Voices for Freedom -This was founded by 3 women. They represent mostly nurses, teachers, midwives, etc in their battle against mandatory vaccines.

This day was significant because any nurses, teachers, midwives, etc, who aren’t vaccinated are going to lose their jobs, and these people made up the bulk of the demonstrators.

Wednesday and Thursday

The media and the government had been ignoring any protest’s so far, until Tuesday when the big demostration in Wellington caught them off guard.

Since then, various politians have been ‘revising’ what they have previously said on various issues, and ducking and diving. The media has been running with various narratives eg,-They were ‘domestic terrorists’ who ‘might’ have been armed.

These are known as ‘false flag’ operations and there were several attempts to regain and control the narrative throughout the week.

https://www.corbettreport.com/false-flags-and-the-dawn-of-bioterrorism/

Friday 2PM was the deadline for the protestors demands to be met.

Saturday arrived with nothing substantial from the Government apart from alluding to bad consequences.

It happened to be raining, and my daughters tennis got postponed, This meant we could all go to the great gridlock instead. The plan was to drive slowly on Aucklands motorways in a big block. There were so many of us, that we ended up in various blocks.

We had organised to lockup the motorway in both directions, which meant there was a sort of carnival atmosphere when we passed other demonstraters going the other way. It was a real cool atmosphere, and the kids were in the back making signs and putting them against the windows. It was raining quite heavy at times, and I was so caught up in the moment, I forgot to get some decent pictures….

A little bit of covid insanity

New Lynn shooting victim was positive for Covid-19 (1news.co.nz)

“An additional death in Auckland has today been added to the national Covid-19 figures,” the Ministry of Health said.

“This person’s death is subject to a police investigation and the Ministry will not be commenting further on it, at this stage.”

Our thoughts go out to the victim’s family, especially as we understand some family members were unable to attend the funeral due to isolation measures. 😢

I suspect the bullet might have a lot to do with his death….