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Free speech has potentially been taken down another peg in NZ with a woman arrested for a Facebook post about the Christchurch shootings. The woman has been arrested on suspicion of "inciting racial disharmony" after a message was posted to her Facebook page. She faces a maximum penalty of three months’ imprisonment or a NZ$7000 fine and living in a society that condemns free speech. However, given the recent ruling in Australia that 'Muslim' is not a 'race' she may get off given that the law she is accused of breaking is of one who “publishes or distributes written matter which is threatening, abusive, or insulting” to other people . This means that it may very well be legal at this time to insult people of a specific religion.
Decades ago they relied on neighbors to find subversives; now they just check social media.
[Ed.: The above is a paraphrase of the linked-to story, not a direct quote, and with submitter's editorialising left in. -- FP (honouring people's right to free speech ;-) )]
Also covered by the NZ Herald.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:27AM (5 children)
What if you are blacked out drunk?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @07:47AM (4 children)
What if he is blackhost7, the known molester of UPS drivers and Mormon Missionaries? What if he is a craven sclupper of foul materials from the most foul sewers of the known world? What if his own mother has disowned him, and his father has repudiated his claim to patronage? What if, he is a jerk? Or a pervert? Or a republican? Or, all of the above, plus kiddie porn?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @08:50AM (3 children)
Do you understand the difference between an insult and an accusation?
If I were to say you are dumber than dogshit and more useless than a steer's testicles that would be an insult and quite ok under the law (and also true).
Most of what you typed were accusations, and if you and the gpp were both identifiable you would be guilty of libel/slander.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @10:52AM (2 children)
Truth is an absolute defense against accusations of libel, you person who has sex with camels, against their will!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:34PM (1 child)
Are you sure the camel objected? It's so hard to tell. For all you know his camels and goats like it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @03:08PM
They make the same sounds of satisfaction that yo mama makes.