Hilarious hypocrisy

John A has just blogged in favour of requiring people who chant “don’t vote for Helen Clark” to be forced to reveal their name and address.  He thinks this is reasonable and anonymous advocacy is a bad thing.

And where does John A blog?  At the Standard, where every single contributor is anonymous, including John A himself.  I mean how stupid do you have to be that hypocritical?  Seriously can we pay money to give him his own comedy show on TV?

Luckily I will remain staunch in my defence of the right of John A to remain anonymous. I’m all for disclosure of people who spend significant money on advocacy.  But I think people should be able to express their views on a protest march or in Usenet without needing a name and address attached.