Posts by Daniel Wilton
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aucshully
it would be good to get a definitive spelling
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This is a terrible idea.
What would it do Wellington's "no Mall" rule
The proposal would marginalise wellington and potentially see it return to the city it was in the 80's
Boring
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Where is Paddy Gower trying to make MANban happen?
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Leftwing Blogsters
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Speaker: Not even a statistic, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Ask offenders why they do it. What do they need in order to change
I would hazard a guess that most young men do not actually know what rape is, both the legal definition and (sorry to put my foot in my mouth here) those who victims definition.
Before I sat on that jury of the rape trial. I knew what theft was, what drink driving was, what was deemed to be assault but I had never been taught the legal definitions surrounding sexual violence.
After the recent Cunliffe apology, someone said in the pub that they weren't a rapist or an abuser. So I asked them how they knew that? I asked whether or not they could confirm that they had consent from all of their previous sexual partners. I noticed a few guys in the group move uncomfortably in their seats before some tried to move on to the next point.
There needs to be more conversation about this topic in schools, and teaching people how to respect each other and how not to become someone's rapist
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Speaker: Not even a statistic, in reply to Emma Hart,
One of the most useful phrases I’ve run across to describe it is “You’re soaking in it.” It’s such a pervasive and omnipresent thing that it’s very easy to not see it until people start pointing it out.
I will quote this in the real world next time it comes.
A certain speech by an opposition MP caused this conversation to be front and centre amongst my circle of friends at the moment.
thanks for the useful words
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As much as I would like to see this be an election issue , I have no real idea of the impact that making it one would have on those who have survived experiences described by Katrina.
I once sat as a foreman on a rape trial, and from where I sat the experience of giving evidence in that environment is something that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I will be honest; I don't fully understand the definition of rape culture. From little I understand is that it isn't just a culture perpetuated by men. I found the attitude of my fellow jurors to be the personification of it. The way in which the defence framed the case, painted the complainant, and the attitudes of the fellow jurors exasperated me.
Every now and then I have to drive past the location of the crime and it overwhelms me, I can understand why no one would want to go through the experience of seeing "justice" run its course.
This shouldn't be an election issue, this should just be something that everyone wants changed.
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Sweetman does a great comic book guy impression. It is always novel to read his writing with the view of himself thinking he is an undiscovered genius. I sometimes wonder if he sees himself as a local Lester Bangs
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Planet Key
Two words I know but it has been one of those years
or maybe the word of the year should be left blank as 2012 has seen a lot of forgetting going on.
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I wonder what the likes of Meads, Shelford, Jones and all the other great ex ABs think of this.
probably something old and masogynistic
The problem is too many ex players and failed Dairy Board members in the mix