The destruction which Covid has wrought
On Sunday I was reading the Sunday Times (UK) when I came across this story . A referee with 25 years of experience, a former police officer, was coaching a Sunday pub league game when, after he gave a few yellow cards, he was assaulted and strangled by an assistant coach. This is the quote which stood out for me: Across his 25 years of refereeing, Williams has seen behaviour deteriorate — sharply in the post-Covid years . (Emphasis mine.) As a public servant, I, too, have seen the public deteriorate after Covid. People are more aggressive. They have less respect, less patience. They go from zero to sixty for the most minor of annoyances. I, myself, find that I am less patient. I have to take a breath and tell myself that it's not that important. I'm sure we've all experienced this to some degree. Societies in the West have been fractured—purposefully—for decades. Our societies were already at breaking point, as citizens grew bored with peace and prosperity and felt that th...
