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New Zealand man jailed for 21 months for sharing Christchurch shooting video
- DATACOMMANDER 7y agoThis is a triumph of emotion over good law.
- mborch 7y agoWhy? It's a serious hate crime, akin to instilling violence.
- s9w 7y agoHe forwarded a video
- DATACOMMANDER 7y agoIf he applauded the actions in the video, that’s one thing, because that’s very close to inciting violence. But what if someone forwarded the video with a comment such as, “We need to broadcast the full horror of what occurred, so that people who are considering doing something similar might have a change of heart”? If that should be illegal as well, then we’re in “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” territory. And I don’t like that one bit.
- DyslexicAtheist 7y agomy emotions say "good he gets to spend time", my common sense says "now he gets a chance to surround himself further with already convicted haters which radicalize and cement his broken views further". Sadly incarceration does't fix the underlying problem nor does it provide a net gain to society.
- dfeojm-zlib 7y agoAll speech that doesn't cause imminent danger, no matter how heinous, hateful or unpopular, must not be restrained nor punished. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Evelyn Beatrice Hall