Sunday, July 24, 2005
Labour won't let you have an opinion
The beauty of a democracy is that you can pretty much voice your educated view on anything without the weight of the state bearing down on you. If you don't like what is being said you can either do nothing or argue against it. Under Labour, there is a third option - have a government official threaten the writer with legal action, even including a lack of job prospects, if it's published.
A keen economics student from Canterbury University wrote a paper, Eradicating meningoccal disease in New Zealand: Is it worth it? To whom? And who decides? where the student argued the $200 million spent on the vaccination programme might have been better spent. It was such a good paper it was presented to the New Zealand Associaiton of Economics conference in June 2004 and also to a public health seminar at Victoria University a few weeks later. The paper was also put on the Association's website but was withdrawn at the student's request because
If Labour is re-elected, Hate Speech will be next, further curtailing freedom of expression. The repealment of section 59 is also a possiblity. Don't let this happen.
Linked article
A keen economics student from Canterbury University wrote a paper, Eradicating meningoccal disease in New Zealand: Is it worth it? To whom? And who decides? where the student argued the $200 million spent on the vaccination programme might have been better spent. It was such a good paper it was presented to the New Zealand Associaiton of Economics conference in June 2004 and also to a public health seminar at Victoria University a few weeks later. The paper was also put on the Association's website but was withdrawn at the student's request because
the student feared for job prospects after an academic who was a Health Ministry consultant on the vaccination programme threatened legal action.Don't you dare take a view that opposes the regime. You will be sued and have no career prospects in the public sector.
If Labour is re-elected, Hate Speech will be next, further curtailing freedom of expression. The repealment of section 59 is also a possiblity. Don't let this happen.
Linked article
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