2011-04-24, 09:57 PM
That's not entirely what happened, Heidi. Parliament did not pass it under relaxed rules put in place for Christchurch, they passed it under urgency. Under urgency, a bill can bypass all public / academic opinion, have all 3 readings and be passed in ONE night. That night, Parliament was sitting under urgency to pass laws relating to dealing with the earthquake but HEY LET'S BE COMPLETE AND UTTER SLIME BALLS AND SURPRISE EVERYONE BY ONLY THAT NIGHT TACKING ON AN EXTREME BILL THAT HASN'T BEEN DEBATED SINCE NOVEMBER AND HAS LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE!
Needless to say, everyone is pissed. But what makes people even more outraged is these politicians, the ones with the sole right to make our laws, have clearly demonstrated their absolute and baffling ignorance in regards to technology. One woman constantly reiterated that -file sharing- is completely illegal, where another man said the internet is a mirror of Skynet from Terminator. As such, this is dubbed the "Skynet" bill.
Needless to say, everyone is pissed. But what makes people even more outraged is these politicians, the ones with the sole right to make our laws, have clearly demonstrated their absolute and baffling ignorance in regards to technology. One woman constantly reiterated that -file sharing- is completely illegal, where another man said the internet is a mirror of Skynet from Terminator. As such, this is dubbed the "Skynet" bill.