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Anti Smacking Bill
Public March on Parliament To Protest Anti-Smacking Bill
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Abraham Lincoln once used these golden words to describe the purpose of politicians in a free society. Yet with polls
now showing over 80% of New Zealanders in opposition to Sue Bradford's proposed anti-smacking bill, it is clear that our
current government no longer understands why they have been elected. In accordance with another cornerstone of a free
society, freedom of speech and freedom to dissent, Coalition Against Nanny State's Anti-Smacking Law (CANSAL) will be
staging a peaceful march on Parliament to remind our politicians just whom they are elected to serve.
Sue Bradford's bill, proposing to remove the right of parents to use a smack as a form of correction for children, will
turn loving parents into criminals. The bill strikes at the very foundations of the family structure. Will parents who
choose to smack be 'ratted out,' Soviet-style, by teachers or neighbours? The proposed law would compel the police to
get involved in cases where they have no place - wasting valuable time and resources – and give them no discretion, as
they themselves have said, as to whether they use common sense in deciding whether to arrest. Indeed, being that one of
the jobs of MPs when passing laws is to make them unambiguous, it is outrageous that the police are now going to be put
in an even more uncertain position. This will subject the police to more and more public anger – hardly what they need.
I, like many other New Zealanders, was smacked as a child when I deserved it. To think that my parents could have been
taken away from me for their actions in correcting me is incomprehensible. What we have now is government of the people,
by the Politically Correct, for the Politically Correct. The bureaucrats have stolen our cash, they have interfered with
our property, and now they are trying to invade our homes. It's time to push back. The present law allowing "reasonable
force" should be left intact.
The protest march will start at Civic Square at noon on Wednesday 28 March.
ENDS
Coalition Against Nanny State's Anti-Smacking Law
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