You're probably all familiar with the Bob Jones column that was published in February by NBR. One of our contributors wrote an article defending satire and free speech, humourously suggesting that Bob Jones be made the "Comedy Commisioner". Of course, there were plenty of people upset by Sir Bob's "Maori Gratidude Day" that 70,000 crazy people signed a petition and presented it to parliament. They were that offended by the punchline of a joke that was grounded in fact.
I'd like to take a little look at the press council complaint and ruling that was made. You'll see it was "not upheld with dissent" on a 7 to 4 ruling. But, the majority decision is not a positive one, let's take a look at two of the closing statements before looking at the minority dissent.