On the day this week when the NSW daily case figures went into four figures, the Premier promised that some people could go on picnics, if they did the right thing. Had to laugh at the journalist who thought this announcement jarred. Jarred is not the word for something that is preposterous as an official state policy, immoral, stupid and obscene in the context of an ever-escalating health disaster. However, the Premier‘s nice-thought-at-the-time reminds us that Australia’s Edenic vision of itself as enjoying one continuous [picnic] has come to a temporary halt. Just for now it’s one continuous stay-at-home takeaway.
No comments:
Post a Comment