Cheers Halfling, and yes I saw your excellent perspectives on VUW's latest limp lunacy.
I clearly haven't been...clear! I don't agree at all with banning gang patches, for much the same reasons you express - plus always best, in my view, to keep gangs in plain sight. I've always been bewildered, given gangs clearly fund themselves by criminal activities, why the Police don't just obtain search warrants for gang premises. On the odd occasion when Police raid gang premises, they're always chocker block with illegal firearms, cash proceeds of crime, stolen goods etc.
Not sure I can go along with your critique of the FSU approach to gang patches.
Viewpoint neutrality would demand that if you are going to ban gang patches then you perhaps should ban school blazers. If you are going to ban gangs (freedom of association issues) then you can ban Rotary. I know viewpoint neutrality brings with it unusual consequences but I would prefer that to the State telling me what I can and cannot hear.
Cheers Halfling, and yes I saw your excellent perspectives on VUW's latest limp lunacy.
I clearly haven't been...clear! I don't agree at all with banning gang patches, for much the same reasons you express - plus always best, in my view, to keep gangs in plain sight. I've always been bewildered, given gangs clearly fund themselves by criminal activities, why the Police don't just obtain search warrants for gang premises. On the odd occasion when Police raid gang premises, they're always chocker block with illegal firearms, cash proceeds of crime, stolen goods etc.
Nice one John.
My take on the controversy is here https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/the-fragile-nature-of-the-modern.
Not sure I can go along with your critique of the FSU approach to gang patches.
Viewpoint neutrality would demand that if you are going to ban gang patches then you perhaps should ban school blazers. If you are going to ban gangs (freedom of association issues) then you can ban Rotary. I know viewpoint neutrality brings with it unusual consequences but I would prefer that to the State telling me what I can and cannot hear.