IN RELATION to the article ‘Marching orders for move-on laws’ (Mail, 17 February), the repealing of these oppressive laws will be a just victory for our democratic right to freedom of speech.
In effect, these laws allowed any given police officer to decide whether or not another individual had a right to peaceful protest.
Imagine a world where our citizens had no basic right to question and voice disapproval toward the established system of governance.
How, then, would history tell the tale of equal rights, gender equality, the labour movement, or our environmental impact?
Jeff Springfield,
Tecoma.
Just victory
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