Banned: sweet singing in the choir

The Sunday before last I went to the basketball where the courtside announcer encouraged us to chant “defence, defence” as the Sydney Kings tried, in vain, to stop their opponents from scoring.

Yesterday, I went to church where our pastor told us that singing was not permitted.

There was no QR code check-in at the Sydney Kings game. But church volunteers would not even let me into the auditorium without first checking that I had registered my whereabouts with the New South Wales state government.

There was no social distancing at the basketball; we sat where we wanted. But ushers at our church ensured there was a gap between groups of people who had to sit with family members.

I didn’t see a single basketball spectator…