The cost of a night at the most expensive hotel in Dubai could be up to $10,000. The cost of celebrity endorsement for a product could reach millions of pounds. The cost of seeing someone behind everyone’s back could cost you your livelihood, credibility and dignity. The use of super-injunctions has caused serious debate lately, and for good reason. We are living in the age of Social Media. Information is exchanged at the speed of light and freedom of speech reigns supreme. However, one’s freedom needs to skirt around everyone else’s freedom.
I can imagine someone spending the night helping others, guarding their family, protecting their country, worshipping God, drumming up more business, or other life values. However, I cannot imagine that someone spending the night trying to deceive others will be protected by a super-injunction.
In a free, democratic and open society, a public figure is, as the name suggests, public. They conduct their lives in public; some are even considered role-models. I feel sorry for the public and the law; however I’m less sympathetic towards the people abusing them.
The issue of the super-injunction reminds me of a waltz played on a merry-go-round. The music plays on and on, the horses move round and round until when it runs out of money and the show stops.
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