Should ZB Dads bash Māori kids in Paul ‘Mad Max’ Goldsmith’s Vigilante Nation? – GET YOUR BASH ON (trademark pending)

It’s the question everyone has been asking since Paul ‘Mad Max’ Goldsmith’s Vigilante Nation – GET YOUR BASH ON (trademark pending) was announced, can ZB Dads, Redneck Crackers and Culture War Boomers get to bash Māori kids…

Should children be protected from citizen’s arrest? Child welfare watchdog asks for evidence behind Govt proposals

• The Government wants to broaden citizen’s arrest powers so they apply to any Crimes Act offence at any time of day, and clarify “reasonable” force as including bodily harm in certain circumstances.
• They currently only apply to offences of a certain severity, with different thresholds during working hours.
• There is no specific protection for children or young people, which the Chief Children’s Commissioner says neglects their right to be free from all violence.

…everyone wants to know!

ZB Dads, Redneck Crackers and Culture War Boomers are salivating at the chance to beat up Māori kids suspected of shoplifting. They are the exact pumped up toxic masculinity males who will become judge, jury and executioner in scenarios like this.

Good social policy stops fellow citizens physically confronting one another.

Bad social policy enables citizens to physically confront one another.

Why does the Supermarket Duopoly have so much power? They already price gouge us and have mass surveillance face recognition powers, why are their profit margins suddenly sacrosanct enough to enable staff AND bystanders to physically attack suspected thieves?

ZB Dads, Redneck Crackers and Culture War Boomers will all believe at the outset of the physical confrontation that they can physically manage the situation, because men always tend to overestimate their abilities and they are going to suddenly be confronted by a very desperate person with little to lose.

This is going to be a recipe for fucking disaster.

Either the ZB Dad, Redneck Cracker or Culture War Boomer will get seriously injured by the desperate person they physically attack or they will hurt the Māori kid.

Either outcome will see an enormous explosion of anger from either side.

This is fucking stupid legislation.

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