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Travel Tuesdays - Auschwitz

I don't share pics from our tour of Auschwitz for travel Tuesdays. However, in light of the recent protests in Ottawa where nazi symbols were used and the continued false comparison between vaccine mandates and concentration camps I am sharing today. I doubt I will change anyone's mind but it is important that we remember one of the darkest periods in our collective human history. A period were hatred led to the murder of millions of humans.

The Auschwitz concentration/extermination camp complex is, arguably, the twentieth century’s most pervasive symbol of human suffering, and of the depths of human cruelty. Comparing the treatment of humans there to you not being allowed to eat inside at McDonalds or shop at WalMart is offensive.

Do Your Part

It isn't difficult.

COVID in Ontario

There is a lot of truth to this . . .
Harry Potter fans will understand.

 

A Thought Provoking Perspective on COVID

Keep the Border Closed

Black Lives Matter

Honestly, another senseless death of a black person at the hands of white authorities.

When will people realize that anti black racism is real and deadly?

I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it...
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemJean, #AtatianaJefferson, #BreonnaTaylor).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our stepfather (#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe ( #EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).
I can ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in (#ChristianCooper).
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. #Georgefloyd

 

2020

This covers it nicely.

Snow on May 9?

I was going to title this post 'could 2020 get any worse?' but I didn't want to tempt the fates!

I'm sitting at my desk watching snow swirl about in the air outside the window. This is too much.

The Human Footprint

There is something to think about in this series of images. I know it is an exaggeration but before you dismiss it for that reason alone open your mind just a titch and think.