Hate speech laws are a limit on freedom of speech. They are arguably a justifiable limit on free speech, in the same way that libel laws and name suppression and the various confidentiality agreements I have had to sign for various reasons are justifiable ...
but in what way can the treaty be said to be 'authenticated in both languages' when the signatures are on the Maori language version? Surely that makes that version the authenticated one?
I love Helen's amazing spirit, she has made me so aware of the right to fight the good fight , to be human , decent kind and caring in a less than optimal world. What an inspiration.
Thank god for you taking private prosecution Helen, this poor attitude to our workers safety has got to stop and the only way is prosecution . I feel for the families, you do not expect your partner or son to go to work and be killed because of poor safety...
Wow what a staggering list, thanks for posting BLiP. Makes me feel sick at heart for the country I am coming home to. These policies are all nice and good now and will no doubt line the pockets of a few of the decision-makers and their friends, but what ...
I think helen and Michael will be remembered as the leaders who brought back a fair bit of the decency that was taken away by previous governments, and ran the government surpluses that will make it easier to run deficits in the hard times ahead. And if ...
Northpaw: Your idea of having one vote that functions as both a party vote and an electorate vote is a possibility I wrote an honours essay on in 2000. I concluded that it could be worthwhile for preventing people from creating an overhang to make their ...
I agree that a party that doesn't get over the threshold should get its electorate MPs but no list seats. One compromise between having no threshold and having a threshold that disenfranchises voters is to have a preferential system for the party vote. ...
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