Article: The moral minority

The moral authority for groups like the Sensible Sentencing Trust comes from the notion that most people are law-abiding citizens who just want "the crims" to go away.

In order to uphold this position, however, the moral majority must be pretty much squeaky-clean in their dealings with the world. If not, they run the risk of being found out as hypocrites, and there's nothing New Zealanders hate more than that.

It is one of the reasons why our "Christian" politicians get into such strife, I think. Too many of them get very preachy about morality and the importance of the family and so on, and next thing you know they are accused of adultery or worse. Sometimes, much worse.

A fascinating ...

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