On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:10:46 +1300, I wrote:
I hope we learn the right lessons from others who have been here before us, and not repeat too many of their mistakes.
Another example would seem to be the banning of the shooter’s manifesto. While bringing the hammer down on his live-streamed video of the shootings makes sense, extending the prohibition to a collection of written words, hateful and deluded as they may be, seems to me to be a step too far. Consider this article <https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/zealand-massacre-weaponisation-history-190322062222288.html>, which would appear to be a point-by-point rebuttal of his claims. Is it? I don’t know, and now it would be illegal for me to try to find out. And no journalist in New Zealand would be permitted to write such an article.