i can't, for a second, understand why the government decided to take this approach of trying to force everybody to follow a set of draconian rules instead of taking the people most vulnerable and isolating them until the thing passes.

but, they made a decision to take a stupid approach, and we're going to have to suffer through it.

so, do i blame a "recalcitrant" citizen for the crime of asserting his inalienable rights?

no.

i blame a government that was arrogant enough to think it had the prerogative to take those inalienable rights away in a "health emergency".

https://o.canada.com/news/case-of-ontario-man-who-ignored-covid-19-quarantine-order-shows-challenges-of-crucial-contact-tracing