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, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:59PM (1 child)
If anyone but a muslim posted on Facebook telling people to go kill themselves and that their race will be wiped out [dailymail.co.uk] then there would be serious repercussions. When a muslim did this nothing happened.
If a Christian posted like this to Facebook the muslins would be rioting in the street. Out for blood. Look at what happened with the Innocence of Muslims" response. They carried around deeply offensive signs and attacked police officers.
A double standard?
This is Australia. Not the middle east. As time passes it is only going downhill.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @06:45PM
yes, they are a protected group, as they are a political tool. just like they are used for the israeli puppeteer-ed "war on terror".