OnPoint: Pants != Journalism
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Scott Chris, in reply to
Really? I’m casual acquaintances with Laura and I take her word for it that she most definitely didn’t want her name attached to a story riddled with basic fact-fail.
Fair enough. Perhaps she’d been to a really good all-night party and hadn’t had time to get changed.
On the other hand maybe it was a bit rich of Justice Simon France to object to the flamboyance of McQuillan’s pants considering the fact that he himself was wearing a moo moo. (assuming it was the judge who conveyed the objection to the registrar)
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Islander, in reply to
maybe it was a bit rich of Justice Simon France to object to the flamboyance of McQuillan’s pants considering the fact that he himself was wearing a moo moo. (a
Is that muumuu in disguise? Or he really was draped in bovine hide?
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Sacha, in reply to
well it is the Manawatu
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Islander, in reply to
Heh!
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Is that muumuu in disguise? Or he really was draped in bovine hide?
I stand corrected – I meant the other one, not the udder one. (I see Hilary Stace beat me to the punchline anyway)
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Steve Curtis, in reply to
well it is the Manawatu
The courtroom used is in Wellington
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Tom Beard, in reply to
maybe it was a bit rich of Justice Simon France to object to the flamboyance of McQuillan’s pants considering the fact that he himself was wearing a moo moo.
I presume that the judge was both justified and ancient.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Perhaps she’d been to a really good all-night party and hadn’t had time to get changed.
Or, you know, they floated to the top of the clean pile. Stranger things have happened... And given the tone of some of the commentary on-line (none of which I have the stomach to link to), it's amazing how many folks bitching about how "unprofessional" and "disrespectful" Laura supposedly was aren't quite so Emily Post compliant when it comes to saying a total stranger looks like a prostitute or a stripper. If they really believe that, then I'm just surprised the Taliban has diversified that far.
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And as an aside, I've had little time for professional protester Benjamin Easton, but does anyone else see a touch of Emmanuel Goldstein in this 3/4 front-page Dom article?
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Graeme Edgeler, in reply to
Of course our apex court has never worn robes, so it is actually more traditional not to be robed.
I'm not sure pointing to a decade old court makes a good point about "tradition".
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Scott Chris, in reply to
And given the tone of some of the commentary on-line
Yeah the comments on Farrar’s blog were predictably lecherous and misogynistic, due in part I think to the right’s deep-seated mistrust of the perceived liberal bias in the news media. So much for traditional values eh?
Maybe an element of jealousy as well. (but not me of course ;))
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Keir Leslie, in reply to
Hmmm? We have had an apex court for longer than a decade, although not this one. The other apex court — the Privy Council — never wore robes, and still doesn’t, on account of not being originally a court.
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WH,
Even in a courtroom, the Herald calls attention to everything that is frivolous. It's like the Herald is somehow attending a funeral, loudly intruding on the grief with comments about all the pretty flowers. When my amorous neighbours are asleep, what keeps me awake at night is the sound of the Herald ruining our national culture. There is also a family of magpies that is very loud. I've taken my concerns to Leveson - I've had no response so far, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
I've always warmed to people who wear sequins and beads, but if the Herald was person I would punch it in the face. I imagine Kirsty Cameron to be like the horrible ladies in Pretty Woman who refused to serve Julia Roberts. (Do you know who did a star turn in that movie: Hector Elizondo.) I'll bet good money that the fuckers who fixed LIBOR "established their credibility" and "acknowledged" the seriousness of the environment with Hermes. Which brings me onto my next point: Richard Nixon.
In one of the Superman movies, Superman dropped some bad Kryptonite and was forced to fight an evil version of itself. That's how I feel reading the Herald. It's not quite in the same category as the Sun, but I wonder how many readers go about their day - eating, drinking, voting, and so forth - wrongly assuming that they have been informed.
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WH,
I have found the Pretty Woman scene I was referring to!!!! This reminds me of so many dates I have had.
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Danielle, in reply to
What, no clip?
If the judge also drives an ice-cream van, he is automatically my favourite judge of all time.
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Steve Curtis, in reply to
other apex court — the Privy Council — never wore robes, and still doesn’t, on account of not being originally a court.
I think they refer to themselves as a 'Board'
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john Drinnan, in reply to
You've summed it up really
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
clit-strangler hot pants. Ever.
Brilliant, literally ;)
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