I think most people are scared by this sort of thing. Perhaps too scared to raise their voices about. They are afraid that it will draw attention to themselves and they will stand out in the crowd and be picked on by the police.

I have heard or seen no public response to this Bill at all, just a few sentences from a talkback host and then people called in, but to talk about the All Blacks and ignore the Bill.

There has been no media comment that I've seen.

So the government can reasonably get the impression that this silence means that everybody is in agreement with what it proposes.

About Judith Collins' "car crushing" desire. First she "mooted" it, then it was decided that "it is against basic human rights because you can't go around taking and destroying other peoples' property", now that reason seems to be forgotten.

I have also sent emails to politicians asking them why this seems to have been overridden, but had no replies. It is like "if we ignore it, the questions will go away".

But then, isn't that the way it always is?