Comments on: Internet-only suppression order http://it.gen.nz/2008/08/27/internet-only-suppression-order/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 02 May 2012 08:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro http://it.gen.nz/2008/08/27/internet-only-suppression-order/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:34:41 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=148#comment-827 The challenge would be based on the sheer wrongheadedness of the idea of singling out some media as somehow being more suppression-worthy than others. If you're going to suppress, either do a blanket suppression, or don't suppress at all. This is the same Judge Harvey who tried to suppress the name of that US billionaire prosecuted for bringing illegal drugs into NZ, only to see the name splattered all over the Internet. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00166.htm The challenge would be based on the sheer wrongheadedness of the idea of singling out some media as somehow being more suppression-worthy than others. If you’re going to suppress, either do a blanket suppression, or don’t suppress at all.

This is the same Judge Harvey who tried to suppress the name of that US billionaire prosecuted for bringing illegal drugs into NZ, only to see the name splattered all over the Internet.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0008/S00166.htm

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