Posts by stephen walker
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@Tess and Sacha:
it seems to me that Angus has no interest whatsoever in the issue of consent. the only issue to be considered, it seems, is prosecution witness credibility. kind of a funny position to take seeing that no trial took place (funny ha ha! i think not). anyway, in his un-humble opinion, the main prosecution witness (the alleged victim) in this case destroyed her own credibility to an irreparable degree by not disclosing the information regarding what she wrote in chatroom comments re fantasies/Irishmen, etc. this "lying by omission" is the beginning and end of it, you see. no fair trial could possibly take place after such behaviour. he has restated his argument so many times now, i think we get the drift. here is the classic example:
My point is that "prosecution witnesses" are a smaller group governed by rules which I thought you were seriously debating the nature of. Prosecution witnesses are currently not allowed to lie or mislead the court or provide untruthful testimony, they should tell the truth. Someplaces even make them swear that they have to tell the whole truth. I think this system works well.
Occasionally however witnesses do behave in the ways you so clearly endorse. Do you remember the Peter Ellis trial, the one where he was convicted of sexually molesting all those children? I think it was a miscarriage of justice occured, brought about by the prosecution presenting as irdeemable fact that children can't lie about the big things. I don't believe he has a black penis and I don't think him guilty.
There is the possibility that these 6 men are innocent of rape and they deserve a fair trial, where the prosecution is confined to presenting credible evidence.
I can't say it much clearer than this - the state should be required to present a credible case and be prepared to acknowledge evidence that damages their case.lots of straw men doing press ups, and blather about presenting credible evidence, but no, he never actually says anything to convince anyone that this case doesn't warrant a trial. anyway, this is just a long-winded way of saying that Angus is "argumentally challenged" and the input on your side is not going to change the output on his side. no can do. and every time i read another one of his non-arguments, my dental bill is growing so please, don't feed the...whoops, i think i ignored my own advice. grrrr.
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actually, to be pendantic, they're called wadaiko.
um, if there was a good chance of booking half a dozen decent gigs, i might be keen to approach Gocoo about whether they were interested in doing an NZ tour...any opinions?
it would be cool, imho.
(don't worry Graham, not many drum solos ;) -
blasphemy Joe!
(this is what Stephen Morris tells us of his school days:
"At school the older boys wore RAF greatcoats and carried rock LPs, (usually the Best of Cream or Deep Purple) under their arms - on display - so you could see how hip they were. Eventually music replaced my early obession with model aeroplanes and tanks and I learnt how to play the drums.I got expelled from school, got caught shoplifting and generally misbehaved - I think my parents were just relieved I didn't end up in jail.... ")
pure intelligentsia, those Macclesfield lads and lasses!
no, its the Salford boys who just let it all hang out. -
@Simon,
certainly those videos make me still wish i'd been old enough to see N.O. at Mainstreet at the end of '82. thanks!
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oh, and HORansome, isn't relying on Wikipedia as your primary (sole?) source of information considered a FAIL?
btw, the final govt report from last year (NIST) stated:"the collapse sequence demonstrated a vertical and horizontal progression of failure upon removal of the Column 79 section, followed by buckling of exterior columns, which led to the collapse of the entire building". they changed their mind about the debris damage. nevermind. -
that's right, TracyMac, ad hom rules, OK?
no plane crashing into WTC7. No major fire.
Of the many large, steel-framed buildings that have had a MAJOR fire, none has ever just fallen to the ground. ever. except WTC7.
the "evidence" offered by Popular Mechanics regarding WTC7 is hardly convincing. but, as you say, any questioning of the very flimsy "evidence" offered as an official explanation is an automatic FAIL because, well, such questioning is, by its very nature, nutty. thanks for that rigorous argument.
glad to know that "science" and "evidence" rules at PAS. -
well, instead of an implied ad hominem, maybe you could offer a plausible explanation for the collapse of WTC7?
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sometimes, steven, you speak with a level of clarity turned up to 11 on the volume control. but it needs to be heard. thanks.
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the nice people at SOLGM are pushing for an array of changes to the Local Government Act. luckily, C&R do not get to pass amendments to the LGA. unluckily, Hide is the minister, so maybe SOLGM see this as their big opportunity to instigate another 80s/90s-style "revolution".
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in case you hadn't noticed, the entire U.S. congress and executive branch of govt. is in thrall to the Wall Street banksters to the tune of more than US$2 trillion in the last 12 months alone. "too big to fail" is the most successful marketing slogan of all time.