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My Body, What Choice?

2/28/2021

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My body, my choice is the rallying cry feminists employ to defend bodily autonomy and the individual's right of self determination over their bodies for sexual, marriage, and reproductive choices as rights. The slogan has been used most often to support a woman's right to abortion in the face external domination or duress, most notably government legislature or religious objections.

Bodily autonomy is connected to bodily integrity, which, according to Wikipedia (slightly edited): 

is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination of human being over their own bodies. In the field of human rights, the violation of the bodily integrity of another is regarded as either an unethical and/or possibly criminal infringement. Freedom of choice describes an individual's opportunities and autonomy to perform an action selected from at least two available options, unconstrained by external parties. 

For decades, human rights lawyers and activists have been passionately utilizing bodily integrity to defend a woman's right to murder her own unborn children. I wonder if these same lawyers and activists will use similar tactics to defend people who are opposed to their governments' injecting them with potentially risky substances under the pretext of protecting everyone from the birdemic?

What about the issue of immunity certificates, which will grant the immunized certain benefits but leave those who choose to pass on immunization out in the cold?   

Let's have a look . . . (bold, underlining added)  


The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is planning the pass as a digital certification which will allow for the revitalization of international travel by proving that those who it authorizes are safe from the virus.

Other forms of proving protection from the virus are also in the works. The World Economic Forum, the Commons Project, and a number of public and private partners are currently collaborating to create the CommonPass, an app which proves the user’s COVID-19 status, allowing them to travel abroad.

The app has been criticized by human rights activists, who say that it could be unfair, since not everyone has a smartphone. 

Well, it appears the only thing human rights activists and lawyers are worried about is equity and accessibility. So much for bodily integrity. 

But we still have choices, right? Sure! You could choose to forget going abroad and stay within the borders of your country. Problem solved.

Air travel is one thing, but immunity certificates are also being suggested for other activities including attending concerts, visiting museums, eating at restaurants. They could potentially be required for activities of a more essential nature like grocery shopping, accessing public health services, and being employed
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Despite these proposed restrictions, everyone can rest assured that immunization will remain purely voluntary. After all, we all possess fundamental, inalienable rights that simply cannot be violated; and we have pieces of paper somewhere in our capital cities attesting to this . . . or whatever. 
7 Comments
William Wildblood
2/28/2021 16:50:33

It's been said many times before but the mark of the beast really is getting closer and closer.

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Francis Berger
2/28/2021 20:29:25

William, it's funny you should mention that because I have never really found Revelations all that convincing. To me, it's speaks more to those generations of early Christians who lived almost entirely within an eschatological framework of thinking and expectation. They were truly convinced the end was indeed near back then.

Nevertheless, the mark of the beast does indeed seem to manifesting now. Perhaps I should give Revelations a re-read? What's your take on that book? Did the Masters ever reveal anything about it?

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William Wildblood
3/1/2021 00:25:07

No, they never mentioned any earthly form of spirituality or religion as far as I remember. They spoke of Jesus in a general way but that's about all.

I too find Revelation a curiosity to put it mildly though there are things in it that do resonate with me and the mark of the beast is one of them

Francis Berger
3/1/2021 11:16:22

Thanks, William.

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stef
3/1/2021 18:54:33

Around here they've spent nearly a year peddling the nonsense that cloth masks on healthy people - who might be occult carriers!!!! - are there to protect others, not the wearer and that all good people wear the mask. Easy enough to shift this to the injections in the conditioned population -- they'll demand you get them for their protection and that anyone who does not is a selfish death-dealer. It's not about your body, much less your choice...

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Francis Berger
3/1/2021 19:52:57

@ stef - Your comment supports my previous post in which I argue that the Enlightenment definition of humanity as a free and rational being with inalienable rights has been overthrown by the contemporary conceptualization of humans as biological hazards - a re-definition many have eagerly embraced.

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Craig Anderson
3/5/2021 05:50:24

I have acted out a one man sit in demonstration at a local coffee shop that would not take my order bare face, but had in store seating where I could sit bareface drinking my coffee. The absurdity of covering the face for 2 minutes and then sitting inside for an hour overwhelmed. I sat down on the floor and chanted my "no face covering, my body my choice" I had as witness 2 clerks and 6 customers. I feel better for having staged that.

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