Panic Buying, Unpatriotic and Anti-Christian
Yesterday 12th
March 2020 I went to several shops in County Meath to purchase goods for a
number of elderly neighbours who have under-lying health issues and who are
concerned about the Covid-19 Virus.
At every shop, Tesco, Super-Value,
Lidl, Aldi the same scene was being played out, people with an over-inflated
view of their own self-worth were filling trolleys to over-flowing, shop staff
were busy trying to man the tills and keep the floors clear of the empty boxes
and debris being discarded by the self-serving.
31,000 people died in Ireland
in 2018, this is a normal death toll in normal circumstances, hundreds die from
viruses including the flu, people need to get Covid-19 into perspective, act in
the public interest not your own self-interest.
The people who were emptying
the shelves of bread, milk, chilled goods, pallets of beans and multi-packs of
toilet tissue, were not uneducated people, were not from the lower
socio-economic groupings, but they were well dressed, often suited,
middle-class self-preservists.
The actions of these
middle-class bullies left myself and others without milk or bread, I had to
travel out of Meath and into County Cavan to get very basic items for myself
and my elderly neighbours. This is not to say that the Middle-classes were any
less bullying in nature in Cavan or the selves any less riffled, but the bulk
buying appeared a little more cautious and targeted.
Covid-19 was brought into Ireland by those who have the
wealth and luxury of being able to travel to foreign lands in 2020 at a time
when factory workers must continue to wipe the sweat from their brow and only
dream of such wealth and luxury. Now the same people who brought Covid-19 into
the country want the country to be locked-down so that they may stay at home
and enjoy the fruits of their Government cheque which will continue to be paid
by the factory workers of Ireland, factory workers who will receive no such
cheque if they actually fall ill. Shame on those who are driving us into yet
another economic crisis, when putting their shoulder to the wheel could minimise
the impact of Cavid-19.
This panic-buying will leave
millions of Euros worth of food stuffs in the bins, as the perishables, breads
and so forth will never be consumed by those who would deny others, their
actions can only be described as Unpatriotic and Anti-Christian, however, as I
know many of them, I am sure I will see them at the front of Mass on Sunday engaging
in social-distancing with everyone but the Priest.
The one good, Patriotic and
Christian effort that I did witness in Meath yesterday were people from Aontú,
the political Party lead by Peadar Tobin TD doing exactly what I was doing,
offering a voluntary service to those in need.
Perhaps today the
middle-classes could reflect on their actions yesterday and set aside their own
inflated-worth and begin to help others.
Panic Buying, Covid 19, Aontu
