Update on New Zealand

Re:Update on New Zealand by SomeBloke on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:22PM (#19437211)

I watched the video, and for me it amplified and made tangible the senselessness of the act, the wanton and flat nature of the violence. I came away pitying the the perpetrator, their narrow zeal, their selfish mania, and the shameful path it took them down.

I'm all for punishing incitement to violence, but I think the rush to squelch the video is misguided. In society we take lessons from the bad actors as well as the noble ones, and IMO there are good lessons to learn in watching this video.

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Re:Update on New Zealand by Applethief on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @10:24PM (#19438328)

Valid point. Here in New Zealand it has been banned. 14 years in jail for sharing it.

I think Facebook acted well. They jumped on it as soon as they were made aware, did everything to remove it. So hats off to them.

I still be think that this monster had great help in spreading the video. A team would have been uploading this on every major site and sharing like crazy to get to 1.5 million ...

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Re:Update on New Zealand by aeternus on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @03:00AM (#19439681)

>14 years in jail for sharing it.

That seems quite scary actually, all it takes to get someone thrown in jail for 14 years is to grab their phone/laptop when they're not looking or guess their password and share a video?

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Re:Update on New Zealand by yarg on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:02AM (#19440232)

https://www.dia.govt.nz/Censorship-Objectionable-and-Restric...

14 years is a maximum.

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