But if you enjoy watching people try something on and then be forced to retreat, you might enjoy this one.
So what's kicked this off is that the BSA apparently decided, in secret, that they would give themselves permission to tidy up not just New Zealand's TV and radio, but now also the entire internet. And the first outfit that they've come after is The Platform.
Now my personal dealings with the BSA have led me to believe that the people drawn to sitting on bodies like the BSA are not always the country's deepest thinkers, and this case only reinforces that - because if you thought about this for any more than 10 minutes, you would realize the BSA should just leave the internet alone.
The BSA can't police the entire internet, it's too big. What, are they seriously proposing to send Joe Rogan a fine for $3000 NZD if someone in New Zealand complains about something he said?
They can't even realistically police the part of the internet that New Zealand uses, it's too big.
There's too many podcasts, too many videos, audio files, live streams, you name it, which means they're gonna have to pick and choose what they police and crack down on on the internet, which will inevitably lead to them being accused of bias and favouritism.
Which is exactly what has happened here, because the first lot they've come after is The Platform, which if you know the story, was set up on the internet precisely to avoid the BSA and its rules.
So - what a surprise that it's the first one the BSA comes after. What a surprise that they're copping a huge amount of flak and resistance from all over the show, including Winston and David Seymour.
It seems to me there is a way out of this for the BSA - they'll have to back down.
Because this is just an interim decision, and I think they might have to abandon it - and their plans for internet domination may have to also be abandoned.
And then they will have to eat some humble pie, which surely would have been obvious to them if they had only thought about it, like the rest of us, for about, I don't know, 10 minutes.
Heather du Plessis-Allan is a journalist and commentator who hosts Newstalk ZB's Drive show HERE - where this article was sourced.
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Surely this indicates that the BSA is both out of its lane and out of its depth.
Maybe it is time to rethink what the BSA actually does when a clearly vexatious complaint was taken with such grand heart and concentrated effort.
Either that or they are truly very biased and belligerent
The toxic far left govt bureaucrats have decided to take aim at the platform because it's a threat to them. Notice they don't have any far left productions in their sights, you know the ones that suggest spitting into our food. Karma will get these guys eventually, but hopefully before that they all get put on the dole which is pretty much where these incompetent lovers belong.
Matter of Clarity, The attack on The Platform was not a BSA "interim decision" in any shape or form . The Platform are innocent until proven guilty .
If Readers of the articles & comments on this Platform would like to research via Breakingviews "library" - for Karl Du Fresne comment - " My Complaint to BSA" - you might get an understanding of what they are like and it might support this article.
Since this "story" broke - I reflect on the Book - 1984, George Orwell - and the "Big Brother" analogies of what you " hear and see, is all you are allowed to see & hear".
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