Travel virus passport coming

IATA - If you recognize those initials, that is the organization that represents all the airlines in the world. They create the standards in ticketing and cross organization coordination for flights. They are currently working on a Travel passport which will contain your Covid information.

For all of you that thought we were all nutty conspiracy theorists, this is the world that you sat back and watched unfold, probably shaking your head at all us nuts.

I hate using terms like the "New World Order", because it can relegate opinions to the fringe. You can call it what you like, but the bottom line is this is another step towards global government and the reduction of individual freedoms. Something our Prime Minister is openly advocating.

I know there is a large amount of our population who is really on the fence about this, or, maybe do not like what they see happening but are sitting on their hands. Complacency is what those who wish to impose these rules on us are hoping for.

We have to band together as citizens across all our cities and across nations to unite against these ridiculous developments. If you allow a small percent of the population to do all the work, the influence would be insignificant. There needs to be a massive public response to these efforts. This is the only way these organizations will back off.

I have always said many times, all throughout my life, that major social change or the infringement of people's freedoms rarely happens in a short period of time. It almost always happens over long periods of time with a slow push to make change. People just continue to accept change as in itself it may not seem like a big deal. But when you look at the totality of everything that’s been going on, taking a step back, It should shock you.

As a brief example. I was recently looking at an old catalogue of firearms that were able to be purchased in the 70s. I was amazed at what was available. Nearly all those guns are banned now. And the question is why? The instances of violent crime with these weapons was almost nonexistent. And when there was, the circumstances was always illegal possession. Over time they have slowly stripped away our right to possess firearms and it will continue until nobody is allowed a gun. We seem to accept it because it happens slowly over time, until one day we wake up and realize that everything has changed, and we don’t know what happened.

If you are keeping a beautiful lawn, and suddenly one weed pops up, most people know what happens next. If you leave it, it will grow, it will spread, and one day you will look out through your window and notice your lawn is full of weeds. Now you have a real problem. Had you dealt with that one weed when it first showed up, you would not be dealing with a massive problem that is almost uncorrectable. Now, because of your complacency, you’ll just have to learn to live with your new normal.

It’s just one weed, what’s the big deal?

Kim Dobranski, Kelowna