What’s unfair is the regular flip-flopping on this issue. I got pilloried for private campaigns in my favor (that I wasn’t even aware of) my first time running for MoFA. I’ve been up against people running private campaigns, and they don’t suffer any backlash. But then it happens again, and again people get mad.
I think the way it’s approached has a lot to do with who is campaigning or being campaigned for. I’d much sooner outlaw it than continue with certain people getting in trouble and others getting elected. I don’t think there’s any way we pass a law on it where Islands doesn’t get in trouble for doing it, while a more socially popular person can do it and end up winning.