Tuesday, 10 May 2016

DISCRIMINATION IS NOTHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT (Letter to Dom Post, May 11)

 
The Wellington City Council’s ban on teenagers and young adults’ birthday parties is indeed, as upset Mum Andrea complains, ‘a bit discriminatory’. And why not?
 
Discrimination is nothing to get excited about. Everyone has a right and a responsibility to discriminate the best course of action, even as to when to get out of bed in the morning.
 
In this case, the council sees its responsibility to protect ratepayers’ investment in their venues as outweighing the right of teenagers and young adults to cause damage to life, limb and property, and trouble for our overworked constabulary.

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