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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @11:33AM (2 children)
Any attempt to separate race from religion is doomed to failure. It is too useful to the Jews to be able to conflate them and they have all the lawyers.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:29PM (1 child)
It isn't doomed. A court of law only needs to examine evidence and make a determination on facts.
If a Caucasian person joins islam then they don't become an arab.
If a japanese person realigns their personal spiritual path with hinduism they don't become south east asian indian.
Wearing a cloth over your head doesn't make you islamic. It's likely that it is so but not 100% the case.
Agreed that this has gone too far.
iMOHO if you don't like people having a go at your for silly things like religion then don't come to Australia. We can and will take the piss out of everything including ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @03:09PM
Sadly there are a number of people trying to turn Australia into another middle east conflict [dailymail.co.uk]. TFA shows NZ heading down the same path.