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The New Zealand sex abuse moral
panic shows no sign of abating. An obvious sign of this was the reluctance of
Parliamentarians to make a stand against a nonsensical new law that puts
professional drivers out of work. While murderers and violent
offenders can appeal to retain their licences, no such discretion has been
given to those who have committed offences that involve sex, even if the
offences are minor and committed decades ago. The sex abuse witchhunt will not
end until our political leaders have the moral courage to say enough is
enough. Sex abuse is a serious offence, but surely those guilty of historical
consensual sex with a girl two days short of her 16th birthday, should not be
treated as worse than murderers. The law appears to have been
brought in without any real evidence of a problem. The very least that can be
done immediately is to offer the same right of appeal to those drivers guilty
of sex offences as is provided to those guilty of violence.
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