Name Suppression.

[Chief Gadfly]

A friend of mine (suppressed) is going to court tomorrow in Dannevirke, for allegedly breaching name suppression to do with a certain political figure (name suppressed) being prosecuted by the (name suppressed) Court for family violence.

Now, I have seen the original (very quickly deleted) post which DID name and shame, AND the comment by which my friend has been found at fault... NOT by the police, but by some higher up person in the political arena who has then jumped on the Cameron Slater bandwagon and demanded their pound of flesh too.

The comment made by my friend did, indeed, point to the accused alleged offender...BUT ONLY IF YOU WERE IN THAT INNER CIRCLE WHO KNEW IN  THE FIRST PLACE!!!!

That being said, I wonder if the Nice Chap could be persuaded that hounding a person who not only suffers from MS, but has also been fighting for the rights of wronged children and caregivers since 2007, is not only foolish, but incredibly self-centered and could be political suicide.

After all, we don't have walls to hide behind any more, the world wide web has made them into glass and there is a motto about living in glass houses....

Nuff said.

[kiwi1960]

the term "nuff said" is copyright by me... has been for years.

See you in Court!

 

errrr, ok, I'll let you off.

[Chief Gadfly]

I had to put that in... cos I like confusing the hard of thinking... 

[Nevyn68]

If a pollie is doing something stupid but not illegal then we don't have the right to know.
His/her private lives are none of our business.
On the other hand if it is illegal then the world needs to know so he/she doesn't get elected again.

Everyone is human and should have some right to privacy.

[Chief Gadfly]

As it turns out, the case was only pursued because of a certain judge being pressured by a pollie... so much for the impartiality of the law.

The police were told to go ahead with the prosecution, even though they considered it a waste of resources and time.

The actual comment that named the person in question was removed from the site by persons unknown... MoJ first claimed that they had removed it (to do so, they had to hack the site) then denied doing so. (Just a thought... if the poster himself removed it, then who was he working for? and why would MoJ claim responsibility?)

If a pollie is doing something stupid but not illegal then we don't have the right to know.
His/her private lives are none of our business.
On the other hand if it is illegal then the world needs to know so he/she doesn't get elected again.

So we aren't allowed to know that he was beating up his wife??? Is that not illegal??? I for one don't want someone like that in a highly responsible and visible position of power...

just my humble thoughts on the matter....

[Nevyn68]

Yes you have the right to know after he is found guilty not during cos his family is then outed.
As I said if it is illegal then tell the world after he is found guilty.
I am not saying what they did to (we both know who) was right. Cos it wasn't.

But we both also know that (he who is) is a stirrer to the nth degree.