Good People Break Bad Laws – Topher Field

until I walked over a small crest which had obscured my view and was shocked by what I saw. Police were everywhere in the park. Uniformed as well as ‘public order response’ (also known as ‘Premier Daniel Andrews’ Brownshirts’), and horse-mounted police were swarming through the gardens. Fixed and roving patrols covered every path and every intersection, and making matters worse, I’d already been spotted by police not far away beside the path I’d turned down.

I knew very well that to turn and try and leave now would invite immediate arrest. I instantly knew I had no choice but to walk into the lion’s den without so much as breaking stride… and depend on my camouflage, my ‘grey man’ uniform, to get me through. My ‘uniform’ was slightly different every time, but on that particular day I’d employed all the tricks, and I’m so glad I did. The purpose of my camouflage, like any camouflage, was to appear like I belonged in that environment.

Military camouflage tries to make it look like no-one is there, protest camouflage tries to make it look like there’s some other reason you are there. Sneakers with jeans, a jacket, and a mask. No visible slogans or signs. And the piece-de-resistance… a grocery store shopping bag in one hand and a coffee cup in the other. As police eyeballed each and every passer-by, they were looking for people who did not ‘belong’, who did not appear at first glance to be complying with the ‘reasons to leave home’.

Exercise was one accepted ‘reason’, although only for 1 hour per day, and shopping was another. The saving grace that day was that the weather was lovely and there were plenty of people out and about doing both, so there was a ‘background’ of people for me to blend in with.

To my children Winston, Chloe, and Florence; by the Grace of God I hope to pass to you a world that is freer than the one I was given. At times that seems an impossible task, but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! And if I fail in my lifetime, know that God’s timing is perfect and that He is faithful to complete the work that He has begun, whether we see it in this life or the next.

To my wife Edwena; to be a Saint you must perform two miracles, you have performed three; Your first is that you somehow understand and tolerate me; your second is that you share my vision, support my work, and bear my burdens despite all that it has cost us; your third is that you brought our children in to this world, and for those three miracles you are and will always be a Saint to me.

To The Few; to those who stood alongside me or indeed in front of me as we stood for freedom and human rights against Covid fear and madness, I am forever in your debt. It is thanks to you that I was never truly alone. You inspired me, spurred me on, and by your courage and tenacity in the face of all odds, you gave me hope. It is my hope that this book will inspire others just as you have inspired me, and that through these pages we ‘the few’ will soon become the many.

OceanofPDF.com Good People Break Bad Laws Table of Contents Foreword by Zuby Udezue Prologue: ‘Knock Knock’ 01: My Personal Holy Trinity 02: Good People Break Bad Laws 03: What’s a ‘Bad Law’ Anyway? 04: The Limits of Our Obedience 05: Cries for Help 06: What’s Wrong with the Back of the Bus? 07: Four Thousand 08: A Little Civil Disobedience Goes a Long Way 09: Kettles 10: It Sucks to be Right Early 11: Where Does Government Get its Power? 12: Hiding in Plain Sight 13: In Defence of Arseholes 14: Where Do You Get Your Power?

15: How Did We Get Here?

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