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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. |
