"Bill Clinton obviously left his mark on Jenny Shipley while
he was here," says Libertarianz Spokesman Bernard Darnton of
her announcement that New Zealand would be sending police to
East Timor, in imitation of America's busybody 'Globocop'
policy.
"The New Zealand government's job is to preserve
law and order in New Zealand - which they are finding a bit
of a struggle" comments Law and Order Spokesman
Darnton.
"While many New Zealanders feel strongly about
events in East Timor it is not up to the government to put
our police officers in harm's way in another country. Some
may choose to go voluntarily and other people may choose to
support them financially but there should be no compulsion
in either case.
"What Clinton, Shipley and almost every
other politician either doesn't realise or deliberately
ignores is that government exists only to prevent the
inflicting of violence on its own citizens, not to go
stomping round the globe telling other people what to
do."
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