Hong Kong's mask ban protects the innocent

The carefully orchestrated global outrage over Hong Kong's new ban on face masks is the latest example of an Orwellian process: Traditional and historically admirable (or apparently admirable) measures and values are systematically hijacked by global forces of neo-imperialism, greed, jealousy, hatred and oppression.

The purpose of this exercise is to subvert and wreck peaceful law-abiding nations from within, leaving them open to carefully orchestrated foreign aggressions that wreak havoc on the lives of scores of millions of people.

Historically, enforcing bans on face masks was a move recognized by responsible governments, whether democratic, oligarchical or autocratic to protect their populations from criminals and terrorists. In recent years, leading Western nations that were quick to criticize others for not allegedly meeting their own standards have revived, strengthened or freshly introduced such laws.