Allona Lahn is standing for the next Australian Federal Election, representing IMOP (involuntary medication objectors Party).
In case you’re a little mentally lethargic today, they’re a group of anti-vaxxers.
Here’s an irony that’s presumably lost on the party of personal freedoms; they are standing for an election where voting is compulsory by law.
Here’s another irony; vaccination isn’t compulsory in Australia, as witnessed by the current outbreak of measles in wanky middle class tofu-eating areas.
The IMOPpers have presumably confused not being able to work in government departments, particularly in the healthcare sector, or not being able to send your kids to public schools unless vaccinated as being compulsory vaccination. They are also upset about the so-called “no jab, no pay” policy, which sounds quite draconian but the “pay” concerned refers to government benefits.
If they’d truly thought the libertarian argument through they would have realised they still have the choice to work elsewhere, to home-school their children and, frankly, if you need to rely on taxpayer largesse to afford to have children, perhaps you should consider the possibility you can’t afford to have children.
What’s also intriguing about the IMOPpers is that they have a “cultural adviser” to provide an Aboriginal perspective on immunisations. Presumably this starts with the words, “thank you, white people, for immunising our people, at least that rules out one potential cause of early death and an infant mortality rate equivalent to a sub-Saharan shithole“?
Bill’s Opinion
At least we can be sure there is still some semblance of free speech remaining in Australia; if you really wanted to cement their commitment to conspiracy theories, you’d try to prevent them from campaigning.
You can do your own research on the correlation and likely conclusions about the potential harmful side-effects of vaccinations versus the clear benefits (do you personally know of anyone who has died of a transmittable disease for which there is a vaccination?).
It’s great that anti-vaxxers exist and have a platform as it indicates we’ve solved all of the other major issues facing humanity. Let’s face it, no-one in a poverty-stricken third world country is refusing to vaccinate their children, most likely because they’ve already learned the hard way by burying several already.
Rest assured Billy, I will abide-by my legislative obligations once again by means of a hand-drawn metre-long penis on the ballot paper (augmented on this occasion with topical symbolism e.g. a measles jab, perhaps)… photo to come on May 10 or whenever the hell this election thingy is on…
It’s democracy, Jim, but not as we know it.
Inarguably the best thing in life is being able to order other people around, or at least to make them fear you. If you get to be on TV too, that’s a bonus.
Yes quite.
That’s the funny thing about the IMOPpers; they speak the language of libertarianism but, in reality they are very happy for government intervention. Taxing others to pay for middle class child benefit payments, for example.
They’ve agreed on the sale, it’s just the price they are haggling over.