Reaping the whirlwind
Reaping the whirlwind Italy and the "Super Green Pass" MyBodyThisPaperThisFire “For they hath sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind .” (Hosea 8:7) As of 6 December, reports Italian newspaper Il Giornale , Italy is rolling out its so-called “Super Green Pass,” barring the unvaccinated from a variety of events and amenities, even in the presence of a negative COVID test. The untermensch – as the documentation just about manages to refrain from describing those whom it excludes – will thus no longer be able to eat indoors at restaurants, attend sporting events, concerts, theatres, and many other public events, regardless of whether or not they’ve tested negative for COVID-19. It goes without saying that this won’t end well for the people of Italy. I do wonder, though, how the Italian authorities could ever have convinced themselves that it was likely to end well for them either. It wasn’t so long ago that their celebrated countryman, the Marxist political philosop