We Are No Longer Free
The ban on Ricky Gervais’s billboard saying “Welcome to London, Don’t Forget Your Stab Vest”.
Censorship
Retired Judge Warns of ‘Control Grid’
Harvey warned that mandatory age verification requirements could become the gateway to compulsory biometric data collection – effectively tying every citizen’s online activity to a digital identity framework.
‘Broadcasting’ Too Wide a Net
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) attempted overreach is just another example of bureaucratic and judicial hubris, and it is time for parliament to reassert its sovereignty.
Tikanga Blasphemy and Free Speech in NZ
New Zealand repealed its blasphemy law in 2019. Section 123 of the Crimes Act 1961 – “blasphemous libel” was formally removed by parliament. Yet here we are, 60 years later, watching an unelected regulatory body attempt to recreate the same offence through the back door.
Why Do They Keep Cancelling Each Other?
They invited anyone who agreed with them to add their names to the letter – and 2,000 academics duly obliged. Who do those witch-hunters remind you of? It’s inconceivable that they genuinely believed that scientific knowledge has no greater claim to being true than Māori mythology.
The Real Jan 6th Coup
The lesson for all of us is that if we do not regularly but peacefully exercise our First Amendment guarantees we will definitely lose them, regardless of who is in power.
Words, Not Witch Hunts
Censorship is narrow-minded. It’s shortsighted. Yes, it’s a natural impulse to ideas we find abhorrent. But it’s through calling them out that progress is made, not by cancelling them.
Was Jimmy Kimmel Really Censored?
Now, the primal roar of legacy media echoes throughout the left wing, co-opting the slogan of free expression...
Christ and Kirk: Christian Reflections
It is fit and proper to honour God’s people with reference to what God says in His Word.
The Right Response
The conduct of Charlie Kirk before his assassination, and the likes of Israel and Maria Folau, give us a good idea of how we should respond to the increasing challenges in society.
Paper Terrorism – Not a Thing
Fighting over language may seem trivial but it never is. The words we use to think and communicate are of vital importance. We cannot let ‘paper terrorism’ become the new scare campaign to take away more of our liberties.
The Archive Wars: We Have the Receipts
We, the people, found the surveillance contracts they thought were hidden.
Why I Disagree With This
Whether tribalism is along gender or ethnic lines, it discourages, if not extinguishes, freedom of thought and speech.