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Zoe Buhler was scheduled for an ultrasound appointment on the September morning when Australian police entered her home. The pre
Zoe Buhler was scheduled for an ultrasound appointment on the September morning when Australian police entered her home. The pre
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2022-11-16
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Zoe Buhler was scheduled for an ultrasound appointment on the September morning when Australian police entered her home. The pregnant mother was handcuffed in front of her partner and two children. Ms. Buhler’s offense? She’d posted a message on Facebook detailing an upcoming peaceful protest in Melbourne against strict pandemic lockdowns. Authorities in the state of Victoria charged Ms. Buhler with "stirring up" because, they say, protests are unsafe and undermine public health measures.
"During the time of the pandemic, obviously the state can take certain measures to restrict civil liberties, but it’s very important that those measures are necessary, lawful, and proportionate," says Elaine Pearson, the Australia director at Human Rights Watch, based in Sydney. "It was neither necessary nor proportionate to arrest her in that fashion."
From Australia to Zimbabwe, almost every nation in the world passed restrictions during the pandemic. The wide spectrum of measures varied from country to country—and often within different jurisdictions within nations. Freedom of movement was restricted by various rules for curfews, travel, and public and private assembly. Some countries cracked down on speech and press freedoms. Others bypassed privacy in favor of track-and-trace measures and digital surveillance of those under quarantine.
"That tension is long-standing, liberty versus security. Are they complements or substitutes?" says Marcella Alsan, professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, who studies public health and infectious diseases. "What’s interesting about the current situation, and particularly prior to the development of the vaccines—when all countries basically have these nonpharmaceutical interventions—was basically, How willing were people to go along with these restrictions? What were they willing to sacrifice and what were they not willing to sacrifice?"
Alsan co-authored a November study that surveyed over 400,000 people across 15 nations about their attitudes toward civil liberties during the pandemic. More than 80% were agreeable to giving up some freedoms during a crisis. A closer look at the results, however, reveals gradations between citizens of different nations. Those surveyed in the United States and Japan were far less willing to relax privacy protections, sacrifice the freedom of press, and endure economic losses. Respondents in India, Singapore, and South Korea were more willing to suspend democratic procedures for the sake of public health. Citizens in European countries occupied a middle ground between those two poles.
By citing the case of Zoe Buhler, the author wants to suggest that________.
选项
A、the protests are against pandemic lockdown
B、the nation had better to restrict strictly civil liberty
C、the protests would weaken public health measures
D、the country should take lawful and suitable measures
答案
D
解析
根据题干关键词the case of Zoe Buhler定位至第一段。本段讲述了佐伊.布勒因在Facebook上发布了即将在墨尔本举行和平抗议活动的帖子而被逮捕,第二段作者引用伊莲.皮尔森的发言表明观点,即国家可以采取某些措施来限制公民自由,但这些措施应该是必要的、合法的和恰当的(the state can take certain measures to restrict civil liberties, but it’s very important that those measures are necessary, lawful, and proportionate)。除此之外,还指出以这种方式逮捕佐伊.布勒既没有必要,也不合适(…neither necessary nor proportionate to arrest her m that fashion)。综上信息,可知D项the country should take lawful and suitable measures(国家应该采取合法且适当的措施)表述与原文内容一致,故为正确答案。选项A和选项C都是就事论事,均排除。选项A“抗议活动是在反对疫情期间的封锁政策”,这是佐伊.布勒在Facebook上发表的内容概要,属于事例本身的内容,并非作者想要传达的观点。选项C“抗议会削弱公共卫生措施的效果”,这是维多利亚州当局针对佐伊.布勒的指控,并不是作者想要证明的观点。选项B“国家最好严厉地限制公民自由”,属于黑白颠倒,因为在第二段,作者借人权观察组织(Human Rights Watch)主任伊莲.皮尔森之口,表示限制措施应该是必要的、合法的并且恰当的,而非要严厉地限制公民自由,故排除。
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