No, they have been unsaddled on social media, kicked on the ground, and threatened with death. STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern comments on the Auckland couple who flouted Covid-19 lockdown rules and flew to Wanaka from Auckland. READ MORE:* Covid-19: Anti-vax group drops leaflets in Auckland, despite lockdown* Covid-19: Serious health worries for Northland after rule-breakers flee Auckland* Queenstown mayor wants Wānaka lockdown breach couple to face prosecution* Covid-19: Law Society to investigate rule flouting by lawyer who fled to Wānaka* Wānaka lockdown breach couple named, apologise for 'irresponsible and inexcusable' actionsHere is the question, ladies and gentlemen of the jury of five million - what is the appropriate public reaction to this particular misdemeanour? Social media reaction to the Wānaka wander crime – no one has died, no one even got ill – is akin to the modern version of a witch hunt. But Meth Man got very little outrage; maybe the social media lynch mob couldn’t find him, but let’s suspect that was not the whole reason.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2021 04:25 UTC