Posts by Sacha
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Legal Beagle: A (non-)submission on the…, in reply to Pete,
we are worried about being a target for gangs and burglaries – another reason not to trust ol plod with a database
That seems like a fair reservation.
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Legal Beagle: A (non-)submission on the…, in reply to Pete,
the undue haste with which this process has been conducted
We can all keep perfectly calm
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Legal Beagle: A (non-)submission on the…, in reply to Paul Loch,
you want to build an argument to change the law of this country
at least fifty of those recently. game over.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to linger,
perfect
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Hard News: Splore 2019 – Please Don't…, in reply to ,
Because you did a little bit of academic study, and a bit of internship, and maybe some work around the outskirts of the 12 step programs and now make a living out your addiction job, doesn’t automatically make you an expert.
You are making a lot of assumptions there. Unlikely to help the conversation.
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Hard News: Splore 2019 – Please Don't…, in reply to ,
Yes, and smart leaders like Chlöe sure help with that.
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Hard News: Splore 2019 – Please Don't…, in reply to BenWilson,
The real meat is in the drafting of the Act itself and National are idiots to not want to join in on that.
They will prefer clean hands, to help wreck the law at their next opportunity in power. Booze barons will donate handsomely.
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There’s the notion of a citizen’s jury, which is what happened in Ireland around the abortion referendum. But what I think could work, and this is just an idea, it’s obviously not set in stone, is to have a specialist select committee that works on it.
I believe Chlöe is right about the latter option. I wish we used them for many public policy decisions but citizens' juries do have some limitations:
Ideal circumstances for use
- Issues are well defined, but a political consensus on the how to tackle the issue is not in place.
- You want to consider value-based questions (citizen juries are less suitable for considering technical questions).Drafting this law change might fail both those tests.
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to Pete,
the repercussions will be longstanding and deep
Meaningful change ought to provoke some resistance. However, it will prevail this time.
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to Pete,
I don't need a semiautomatic and you don't need a car
I don't need a Ferrari to take the kids to school. Or a gun to make me feel like a man.