tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054883.post109538063068829686..comments2023-10-17T02:03:30.974+13:00Comments on ObservatioNZ: Undesirable?Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092996828683002246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054883.post-1095665851233326402004-09-20T19:37:00.000+12:002004-09-20T19:37:00.000+12:00Helen said that his views were a factor in the dec...Helen said that his views were a factor in the decision not to grant a waiver.<br /><br />I agree NZ law is not great where free speech is concerned, but Europe is worse.Nigel Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810873665345046994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054883.post-1095414970488840462004-09-17T21:56:00.000+12:002004-09-17T21:56:00.000+12:00Nice blog. Worth setting up a blogroll, we don't n...Nice blog. Worth setting up a blogroll, we don't notice you're there unless you link to us :)<br /><br />A few points:<br /><br />1. I think 'good character' can include people with convictions, but it's not clear-cut. I hope we'd let Nelson Mandela enter NZ if he wanted to visit.<br /><br />2. Irving's views are horrible but should not be a factor. If a poisonous ideology counts against Irving it must also count against Ahmed Zaoui, who has enough problems as it is.<br /><br />3. Please don't call Irving right-wing, he describes himself as having socialist leanings. <br /><br />4. The conviction in Germany is completely bogus, I mean "defaming the dead"? It's safe to say the dead will be largely unaffected by Irving's statements.<br /><br />5. Why do we need this deportation rule at all?<br /><br />6. Don't understand how you can quote that section and they say the ECHR guarantees free speech. The "protection of health or morals" clause is a cast-iron guarantee of lack of free speech. Europeans wouldn't know a right if it pissed in their chardonnay.Nigel Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810873665345046994noreply@blogger.com