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Thinking that they are protecting their bodies as the most im-
about road construction workers
(even though I am very concerned portant thing to them, they sentenced the next generation of
that they are not mindful about their humans to a yet-to-be-seen disaster. It’s like covering your head
own health) but about how we treat from the dust while inhaling the very dust into your lungs.
the things that really matter to our
lives and the lives of others. they looked at your dog in a allowed ourselves to believe that,
certain way, will point you in the as long as we are fine and our
Are we protecting what direction I am thinking. You can family members are doing well
really matters? begin from there and then spread in our fine and expensive neigh-
To most people, their families your thoughts to other things in borhoods, we really don’t care if
are the most important thing to your community and the way life the others living in shanties and
them. To some, their jobs, busi- has turned. We are fast losing our going to bed without food or
nesses, religion, friends etc. are HUMANITY, the one thing that proper shelter. We turn a blind
the most important. All of the really matters. eye to inequality, the poverty of
aforementioned things and much others and when they rise up
more are important, but the thing Lots of people took the to protest, we pick up guns to
is, when the chips are down and Covid-19 vaccines with all excite- shoot them...because we can. The
when we narrow things down o ment, in the name of trying to question, however, is this: after
their barest minimum, will these protect themselves from a disease the shooting has been done, and
things still matter? The answer that is 99.9 percent survivable, we have counted the dead and
will definitely be different for without thinking for one mo- the hundreds of malls and hous-
each one of us, and that is abso- ment that the very vaccine that es burnt, will we still recognize
lutely fine. For this article is not they were told would protect what really matters, and by that
also trying to tell anyone what them from Covid-19, is the very now sit down and really evalu-
should be important to them, tool for introducing the actual ate how we got into the rot in
but will definitely touch on what killer and destruction of man- our society in the first place and
my own opinion is about what kind into their bodies. Thinking maybe now find lasting solutions
matters in life. that they are protecting their to our problem, which clearly is
bodies, as the most important the loss of our humanity? For
If there is what the false pan- thing to them, they sentenced obviously, no one would love to
demic has showed whoever is the next generation of humans be a thief and a looter and prob-
paying attention, it is that, we to a yet-to-be-seen disaster. It’s ably wouldn’t, if the society was
humans have over time lost like covering your head from the balanced enough to take care of
connection to what really matters dust, while inhaling the very dust everyone’s needs.
and how we relate to life and into your lungs. The dust on your
living. It’s like the past century or head can be washed away with We cannot continue to play the
so, has been used to wash away a good shower, but how do you fool, covering our heads against
both the brains and the human- wash away that which is settled the dust, while stuffing our lungs
ity of many, to the point where in your lungs and which has the with death. In same way, we can-
animals now enjoy more protec- ability to stop you from breathing not say we are trying to protect
tion from danger than humans in an instant? Talk about protect- our society from riots, violence,
do. You know what I mean, don’t ing what really doesn’t matter. looting etc., while in our hearts
you? If you don’t know, maybe The crisis going on in South we really wish to exterminate
you should stop wherever you Afrika, as at the time of writing “these people” whose skin colors
are and make a quick review of this article, showed something don’t look like ours. We must
how you treated the very last quite familiar. Our humanity has protect our hearts and minds for,
person that came your way while been thrown out of the window out of them flows the issues and
you were out walking your dog. because of greed, selfishness and things that makes like worth liv-
Maybe the disdain in your heart the many other evils we have ing and eternity worth pursuing.
towards that person, because allowed in our lives. We have

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