Anti-War Bill
Suzie Dawson
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Perhaps after the anti-spy bill we need an anti-war bill.
Waihopai is involved in targeting operations like this
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/23/drone-strike-victim-barack-obama
Colin England Sat 12 Aug 2017 10:51PM
Technically, it's already illegal but they're fairly weak and no one ever enforces them against the biggest aggressor.
Suzie Dawson Sun 13 Aug 2017 8:56AM
Might be timely opportunity to update the anti-nuclear legislation to include DU
idiom axiom Mon 14 Aug 2017 8:55PM
War was made illegal by the League of Nations in 1926 and there hasn't been a war since.
Eden Wynyard Wed 16 Aug 2017 5:50AM
War has been around since the dawn of man (when Cain first killed his brother Able) and world war 3 will begin within the next few years, whether we make it illegal or not??
Can anybody please confirm if the Internet Party has any other candidates besides Suzi and was the 11th of August the absolute last day to put your name forward??
Blake Bedford-Palmer Wed 16 Aug 2017 6:06AM
We have to send the list in to the electoral commission next week, (There will be more than just Suzie) if you would like to be considered please send your CV and 3 minute video to [email protected] ASAP
Suzie Dawson Wed 16 Aug 2017 9:00AM
Hi Eden - we are reviewing candidates tomorrow and submitting list next Monday so if you are wanting to apply you have about 23 hours maximum to get your application in. Need to send your CV and a 3 minute video of yourself to [email protected]
Tane Harre Wed 16 Aug 2017 9:01AM
To quote Ammon Hennacy,"Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them." which is pretty much the way I feel about wars.
You need a military because it only takes one bad egg to spoil the pot.
From an NZ perspective, maybe a good first step would be to specialise in disaster relief and medicine. We could keep our alliances that way, better protect the pacific from non military threats and ourselves in case of emergency at home.
Suzie Dawson Wed 16 Aug 2017 9:02AM
Is the solution to this to have a policy to declare New Zealand neutral? Like Belgium, Netherlands etc? And/or to demilitarise?
Tane Harre Wed 16 Aug 2017 9:18AM
No, but we would be M.A.S.H., Red Cross, Reconstruction, Earthquake relief, Fire Service, Ebola outbreak team, all wrapped up together.
For instance in Afghanistan we would be running a hospital right now and sending teams to pick wounded instead of massacring villages.
Mathew Innes · Sat 12 Aug 2017 8:44AM
I support this idea with every essence of my being.
Perhaps Make War illegal too.
Even Make gun bunkers in each town controlled by someone/people that gives the owners guns within it; out only for valid reasons(hunting-pest control/target shooting) when needed. (just a thought)