Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 15, 2021 8:29:45 GMT 12
FREEDOM AFTER SPEECH? - Amy Brooke
I recall a very fine lawyer, New Zealand’s most highly regarded QC, once saying that no law should ever be passed unless it was absolutely necessary. Apparently nobody has pointed this out to Jacinda Ardern. In the minds now of many, the plethora of legislation already passed under her leadership and the proposed inflictions she feels impelled to add to these, point in a very obvious direction. So overwhelmingly damaging will be her legacy that the government which succeeds her coalition will find it virtually impossible to reverse much of the harm caused to this once-democracy. That she is unaware of this is highly unlikely.
It’s long been recognised that leaders of a socialist or communist government prioritise their allegiance to the movement, rather than to the citizens of a country. The history of the 20th century alone reminds us how often – in the name of ‘the people’ – people were put up against a wall and shot. Pol Pot, North Korea, China – and what is now happening in Hong Kong – warn us how much it has been the leaders throughout history, their damaging agenda, their one-eyed devotion to ‘the cause’ – which have wreaked incalculable damage on their people.
The flashback to a statement of our present virtual ruler in March 2020, before the lockdowns, gives a disturbing insight into Ardern’s thinking when commenting on supposed conspiracy theories on social media. Her messianic message to the public, ‘We will continue to be your single source of truth’, even raised questions about her mental health. It reminded many of an answer given over two thousand years ago by someone with a far superior claim to be the single source of truth – one that resonates down through the centuries......
www.spectator.com.au/2021/08/kiwi-notes-8/
I recall a very fine lawyer, New Zealand’s most highly regarded QC, once saying that no law should ever be passed unless it was absolutely necessary. Apparently nobody has pointed this out to Jacinda Ardern. In the minds now of many, the plethora of legislation already passed under her leadership and the proposed inflictions she feels impelled to add to these, point in a very obvious direction. So overwhelmingly damaging will be her legacy that the government which succeeds her coalition will find it virtually impossible to reverse much of the harm caused to this once-democracy. That she is unaware of this is highly unlikely.
It’s long been recognised that leaders of a socialist or communist government prioritise their allegiance to the movement, rather than to the citizens of a country. The history of the 20th century alone reminds us how often – in the name of ‘the people’ – people were put up against a wall and shot. Pol Pot, North Korea, China – and what is now happening in Hong Kong – warn us how much it has been the leaders throughout history, their damaging agenda, their one-eyed devotion to ‘the cause’ – which have wreaked incalculable damage on their people.
The flashback to a statement of our present virtual ruler in March 2020, before the lockdowns, gives a disturbing insight into Ardern’s thinking when commenting on supposed conspiracy theories on social media. Her messianic message to the public, ‘We will continue to be your single source of truth’, even raised questions about her mental health. It reminded many of an answer given over two thousand years ago by someone with a far superior claim to be the single source of truth – one that resonates down through the centuries......
www.spectator.com.au/2021/08/kiwi-notes-8/