Hard News: The Editorial Image
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Lilith __, in reply to
Yes. I was thinking more the sort you get with a cheese platter. I think they got my order wrong. :-/
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Sacha, in reply to
The argument was primary economic - about the cost of disabled people, and how it was a cost to the rest of the citizens
This still drives our Immigration Service's approach that prospective disabled migrants are a 'burden on the health system'. IHC's latest newsletter notes recent cases (scroll down, no direct link).
I'd add that the department was originally seeking an official exemption from the UN Convention's non-discrimination provisions until they were talked out of it by other NZ public servants. Old attitudes don't die without strong leadership and action.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
The difference is that most of us now think of Laws as a sick little man. There was a time when his ideas would have been regarded as forward-thinking.
And for a man like Lhaws who has an opinion on everything, especially "feral underclasses" and al-Qaedans, he's been strangely silent on Western terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and Anders Breivik.
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As long as it's PA-rody and not PAS-tiche
Ritzy - exclusive, appeal dwindles and...gone.
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Bring back Gio.
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I don't think it has been mentioned, but Parliament has its own gallery of satirical cartoons in the tunnel between Bowen House and the Executive Wing. From memory, it consists of 100 cartoons in chronological order spanning 1899-1999 and it is very interesting seeing both the evolution of what is acceptable satire but also the topics being raised in each one.
The main problem with the display is that it lines the two walls, each of which has a moving walkway; one for each direction. You have to make many, many trips back and forth to truly appreciate the fine works on offer.
Of course, you need to be able to access the tunnel to see them. It is a shame that they are hidden away instead of on public display - perhaps the space around Select Committee rooms one and two would be a more accessible space.
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James Butler, in reply to
We do have our own unfortunate history with eugenics, though.
Once as a bored teen I was perusing my Gran's bookshelf when I saw an ageing tome on "Social Hygiene". I flicked through it until I was enlightened, then quickly put it back. Many stupid ideas seem to need go through a period of being mainstream before enough people realize that they're stupid.
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tunnel between Bowen House and the Executive Wing
Didn't know NZ had tunnels - I guess they aren't as extensive or secretive as the London ones.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Didn't know NZ had tunnels -
DimPost: These old caves are spooky. I wish we’d stayed up in the office.
Key: This is more private. Besides, I rather like it. The dark . . . the silence. Helen told me these caverns extend for miles but I’ve never taken the time to explore. [Laughs] Apparently Mike Moore would disappear down here for weeks – they had to send the army down with dogs and climbing gear to find him.
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Rich: Just the one that means MP's and staffers based in Bowen House don't have to brave the elements to get to Parliament House. Why do you think there is never a stream of backbenchers dashing across the road shortly before 2pm on a sitting day?
The London tunnels sound fascinating. If the Bowen tunnel was a little more mysterious the chances of people having heard of it would be somewhat greater, I imagine.
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The We Love John Key archive...
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
The We Love John Key archive...
Thank you very much for those.
I very much like the pic above, author currently unknown.
Original dipsticks abroad source material here. -
Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Very much like the pic above,
What's with those pants?
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
What’s with those pants?
Ahh, of course! He'll certainly be needing them.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
author currently unknown
I think Jody Lloyd did some of them,
he supplied me with the link,
not sure if he did them all,
he usually has a lot more class
than some of them exhibit.... -
Joe Wylie, in reply to
he usually has a lot more class
than some of them exhibit....Not all from the same hand, but the good ones are very good.
The Bronagh and John pandering to their adolescent base with the Cathedral isn't among them. -
Steve Barnes, in reply to
Bronagh and John pandering to their adolescent base
Base indeed. Nice to see them poking fun at the people of Christchurch (NOT!) but I suppose it explains the brown trousers, he's full of it eh?.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
odious ideas…
a man like Lhaws who has an opinion on everything,
especially “feral underclasses” …He’s back it again today (if you care to search it out, I shan’t enable you), but his intro could easily describe National politicians and their preoccupations – just by adding an ‘ed’:
As readers will know, there exists a sub-species of New Zealander I call “the federals”.
They’re a group of individuals lacking empathy, insight and intelligence and often subject, it seems, to the instinctive or impulsive action.
They are an untamed, untrained underclass that manage to combine transience, welfare dependence, criminal activity, violence – and a remarkable reliance upon alcohol and/or drugs. They distil all this into the federal lifestyle. -
Kumara Republic, in reply to
He’s back it again today (if you care to search it out, I shan’t enable you), but his intro could easily describe National politicians and their preoccupations – just by adding an ‘ed’:
Or for that matter, Lhaws himself.
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Please can anyone ID this cartoonist? Their stuff regularly appears uncredited on Bryce Edwards' Liberation blog. Bears a passing similarity to Mike Moreu who abruptly vanished a while back.
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Martin Lindberg, in reply to
Bears a passing similarity to...
and to this
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
and to this
Well spotted sir. That's what provoked me to attempt to ID the apparent original author, who's predated Emerson's effort by almost a week. The self-effacing signature doesn't help.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Please sir, could I have some Moreu…
Bears a passing similarity to Mike Moreu
who abruptly vanished a while back.I suspect it is Mike Moreu – based on some of
his other recent work – he has dropped the
blocky constructivist ‘signature’ his Fairfax
work carried and the hard clearline for a
slightly less Al Jaffee more Jack Davis line
(see this ‘Key/Terminator’ cartoon )
the cartoon you link to does have an MM in
the signature and his layout sensibilities ……and I suspect he may have even been channelling
your Bride of Frankenstein clip in this old cartoon.
;- )Good to see him back, I think he hit a
rough patch there for a while… -
Kumara Republic, in reply to
Good to see him back, I think he hit a
rough patch there for a while…His official web site has also been in hiatus, but still, watch this space.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
I suspect it is Mike Moreu
Has to be, but without the conclusive signature I wondered if he had a new ID. Any idea where his editorial stuff appears now? I believe that the Nelson Mail used to be his home base. He was certainly appreciated while he was around. A pity that the Press has reverted to its old assumption that treating its readership like adults when it comes to editorial cartoons is a kind of fluffy option.
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