New Zealand Bans Manifesto

[Brian37]

Banned "books" usually acquire a status of "infamous charismatic intrigue and emphasis" which ends up giving them more views/reads/weight than ever. Basically a counterproductive move IMO and also banning "books" is a nonono, agree with BSB4.

Not the point.

If say tomorrow, I put out a flier passing it around door to door en mass, saying, "All theists should be liquidated." I am an atheist, I don't believe anyone needs a religion, but those words do advocate harm to others. 

NZ isn't advocating book burning anymore that in America the KKK in the past was successfully prosecuted for incitement to violence. 

I am all for free speech, and agree offensive speech SHOULD be protected, but like everything else in life, including the products we buy, are still subject to regulation. Just like if you buy a car or cell phone, and the makers do not give a shit about how that product impacts society, they can be held liable.

Again, the banning of that manifesto isn't promoting book burning in as as much as it is a regulation to stop more of the same.

In America it isn't legal, like it was in the past, to post "White's only" regarding bathrooms, buses and bathrooms. I think that is more what NZ's intent is with this.

I think it was Voltaire who said something like, "I may vehemently disagree with what you have to say, but will defend to the death your right to say it."

I am sure even he would also agree with the concept of, "Your rights end where my nose begins."

So again, this gets a "it depends".