Police state notes from Down Under: "New Zealand must get in touch with its inner snitch"
Mark Crispin Miller
"And while New Zealanders welcome enhanced policing during the lockdown, we must also police ourselves and others.
"We all have to remember to tell off and dob in. While it may seem peculiar to us now, telling a neighbour to get off your front step is as important for the public good as taking a drunk person's car keys off them or reporting a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road.
"If someone flouts the rules, the public can ring the non-urgent number 105 or 111 in an emergency, or email NHCCself...@health.govt.nz. New Zealand must get in touch with its inner snitch."
Coronavirus: Welcome to the pandemic police state
EDITORIAL: The real surprise, when a crisis comes, is how many people in democratic countries are willing to give up their freedoms for the greater good.
Parliament has been suspended and New Zealand has moved into lockdown to minimise the effect of Covid-19 on the population. The overwhelming majority of New Zealanders tolerate such measures, or even welcome them, because the overseas experience has presented us with two options.
Click on the link for the rest.