Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 18, 2018 5:28:47 GMT 12
Herald on Sunday 18/11/18
FREE SPEECH
It would seem Massey University is not alone in its efforts to suppress free speech In the autumn edition of Auckland University's alumni magazine/ingenio, language professor Stephen May described Hobson's Pledge as 'racist and militantly anti-Maori".
Only when a letter from a Hobson's Pledge lawyer stated that the statement was untrue and defamatory and implied the possibility of legal action did the university's vice-chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, answer, acknowledging the article was 'arguably defamatory and should not have been published’.
An apology to that effect was published.
How a group that actively works to promote "equality for all" can be deemed racist, while a group claiming ethnic privilege is not, defies logic.
The media continues promoting negative comments about Hobson's Pledge without giving a right of reply.
BRYAN JOHNSON, Omokoroa
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
FREE SPEECH
It would seem Massey University is not alone in its efforts to suppress free speech In the autumn edition of Auckland University's alumni magazine/ingenio, language professor Stephen May described Hobson's Pledge as 'racist and militantly anti-Maori".
Only when a letter from a Hobson's Pledge lawyer stated that the statement was untrue and defamatory and implied the possibility of legal action did the university's vice-chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, answer, acknowledging the article was 'arguably defamatory and should not have been published’.
An apology to that effect was published.
How a group that actively works to promote "equality for all" can be deemed racist, while a group claiming ethnic privilege is not, defies logic.
The media continues promoting negative comments about Hobson's Pledge without giving a right of reply.
BRYAN JOHNSON, Omokoroa
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers