The Government is considering the recommendations of a former Deputy Prime Minister and lawyer as it embarks on designing a new wave of controversial spy-law reform. And again, it looks certain to drive a wedge into contemporary New Zealand.
…so this Government will pass 3 strike laws for Corporate Hollywood and illegally spy on and arrest Kim Dotcom for copyright but are more than happy to steal music when it suits their interests.
I hope for the latter, I suspect the former.
Sorry to see the putting all our cows in one Beijing paddock strategy has failed abysmally and that we should have focused on producing high end product here instead of once again being a source of raw ingredients.
It is the privilege of historians to pinpoint the causes of an institution’s malaise, even when they have little to offer by way of immediate solutions.
When the history of the 20th and 21st centuries is written by future historians they will remark on the astonishing steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of the relentless brutality and oppression they are suffering at the hands of the Israeli army.
The fight back must start now. Bring everyone to Sky City on the 21st of this month.
The people are ready but the political class is missing in action.
With less than nine months left to make a difference at the Security Council, New Zealand’s leaders must be persuaded to act. Confront their consciences. Allow them no excuses and make the Security Council live up to its name.
The entire debate is pure political distraction and engaging in it is exactly what Key wants.