Sending a message to all of my Friends

All of those readers who are familiar with the New Zealand political scene will how of course be well aware of Sue Bradford’s bill currently before the House.

To amend the something or other ? Actually its to repeal the defense of reasonable force in order to stop kiddies being beaten.
Exactly what it is supposed to achieve and exactly what it will achieve are two different things
Forgive me if I am a little vague on the details but I think that Ms Bradford believes that there is an undiscovered crime going unpunished.
Apparently none of the good parents will be harmed, prosecuted or harassed by social workers due to this new piece of legislation.
Only bad parents, for the evil doers have anything to fear from the righteous.
It would also appear to that only the amending of legislation could possibly save these children.
This is an all to typical example of the extreme left. They are mistaking symbolic action for effective action. Through their longs years of political protest many of the current batch of Left leaning MP have acquired some sort of monomania on "sending messages"
not real messages of course, such as "pick up more bread’ but vague metaphysical message from the community in general to nobody
in particular.

"We are sending a message that child abuse is no longer acceptable"

"We are sending a message to the Zimbabwean government "

"We are sending a message to all the green house gas emitters"

Who listens to theses messages ? Anybody who is likely to be swayed in their personal beliefs and then change their behaviors is not going to be persuaded by an act of parliament
Particularly not one of this sort. The law is meant to guide and direct behavior, to set specific limits, rewards and punishment, boundaries both literal and social.
If you want to send a message you the Email, newspapers Internet and all the other tools of Mass communication and propaganda.

I(f one is to be fair to the LabourClark administration, they have proved themselves masters of the new Propaganda )

What you should never do is start using Legislation to send messages.
We use Legislation to Build damns, declare war, raise taxes and burn heretics, not to send vague messages that everybody has already heard and those who need to hear it wont be listening anyway

There are no abusive parents in New Zealand who cannot be adequately dealt with by existing laws whether they be of the formal or traditional variety.
The current batch of Green MPs are actually sending messages for no other persons benefit than themselves

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