New Zealand man jailed for 21 months for sharing Christchurch shooting video

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All speech that doesn't cause imminent danger, no matter how heinous, hateful or unpopular, must not be restrained nor punished.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

- Evelyn Beatrice Hall

This is a triumph of emotion over good law.

Why? It's a serious hate crime, akin to instilling violence.

He forwarded a video

If he applauded the actions in the video, that’s one thing, because that’s very close to inciting violence. But what if someone forwarded the video with a comment such as, “We need to broadcast the full horror of what occurred, so that people who are considering doing something similar might have a change of heart”? If that should be illegal as well, then we’re in “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” territory. And I don’t like that one bit.

my emotions say "good he gets to spend time", my common sense says "now he gets a chance to surround himself further with already convicted haters which radicalize and cement his broken views further".

Sadly incarceration does't fix the underlying problem nor does it provide a net gain to society.

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