Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to andin,
28 years isn't a particularly long time
That's as long as it takes to grow an Australian psychopath from birth to multiple homicides...
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to Paul Campbell,
you have to turn in 2 deer tails to the police every year
The Devil is always in the deer tails!
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to Ian Williamson,
why Friday 15th March?
Hmmmm... It is the Ides of March...
Brutus force? Or blows against the Empire?
Neither fits an Islamophobe agenda.As this murderer is going to represent himself I hope they keep him on topic, and not allow him to use the courtroom as a propaganda propagation platform.
<aside> I'm stunned at how full Adelaide's court sitting schedule is judging by this article
An Adelaide man who posted social media comments in support of the Christchurch mosque massacre has been granted bail on condition he keep off the internet.
Chad Rolf Vinzelberg, 37, hung his head and wept as he faced Elizabeth Magistrates Court in Australia on Monday charged with one count of aggravated possessing a firearm without a licence and four counts of using or possessing a prohibited weapon.
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Magistrate Gary Gumpl released Vinzelberg on $2000 bail on the condition he does not access or post anything on the internet, and he will reappear before the court in December.Hardly sending a message!
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Hard News: The korero we've been waiting…, in reply to linger,
...other entirely nonviolent options.
Canterbury Pilgrims, for example
First Four Ships and 'Godley-ness is next to cleanliness' aside,
the above is my first immediate association....
- but I'm wired funny any way...
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to simon g,
criticism re-Stuff comments
I forwarded your comments and some of mine up the chain at Stuff, there are good people there, I think (hope) they’ll do the right thing ultimately.
Heck we even agree with the 'Little Budgie Smuggler' now! (see below)Startling, but good, to see Mark Richardson and Tony Abbott reversing long-held ‘beliefs’ – who’d think we’d see such tectonic-scale social shifts!
– I now half-expect fate to throw in a magnetic polarity flip somehow taking out the world’s electronic media as a sign from on high…<aside> It seems to me that as denialism and nihilism spread, its proponents just want to destroy any one who does have something to believe in – an insidious tear it all down zombie cancer is loose. </aside>
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Hard News: These things we must now change, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
Also, on your point about people like the terrorist writing these pretentious manifestos and thinking they are cleverer than they are: it reminded me...
...of pretentious PR firm names like 'Exceltium*'
- oooh faux-Latin! Faux-periodic table contender!
They must be good and oh so much cleverer than others!*(not to be confused with actual French power-brokers Exeltium)
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The road from there to here…
After Simon Bridges woeful performance on Morning Report today, and his inability to explain why then Police Minister (now deputy leader) Paula Bennett only adopted 7 of 20 recommended changes to gun control and access when she had the chance.I believe it is worth noting that Paula Bennett mere days later opened the controversial shooting range in a once peaceful rural valley back in 2017 – the valley has housed a Vipassana meditation retreat for years.
Nat MP Mark Mitchell was unable to attend due to flight problems, but he wanted to be there…
it should not have been allowed to be built in the first place and intends to expand.
see;
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/94744168/controversial-gun-club-opens-for-businessBennett also joyfully tweeted;
"Great to open Auckland Shooting Club this morning. Another business off the ground – 300 members already!"
see:
https://twitter.com/paulabennettmp/status/883161627935219712
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https://www.facebook.com/paulabennettUH/posts/great-to-open-the-auckland-shooting-club-this-morning-another-business-off-the-g/869921729826962/she’s not a deep thinker it seems our Paula…
Spinoff looked into it as well:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/27-08-2018/the-bizarre-true-story-of-the-gun-club-which-invaded-the-makarau-valley/and Newsroom:
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/07/13/38472/silent-meditators-at-war-with-the-neighboursHere is the list of what Bennett passed on:
https://www.national.org.nz/tags/author_paulabennett?page=6I’ll also just post this here without comment:
https://kiwigunblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/positive-progress-with-the-police-minister/
and this:
https://www.colfo.org.nz/component/content/article/9-colfo/latest-news/151-colfo-news-issue-4-2017.html
(but dammit they used the lobbying system!)I think this all speaks for itself -
and how we find ourselves where we are todayActions (and inactions) create consequences!
…and didn’t Kim Hill do an excellent job this morning
- truth to power at its finest – aside from Mr Bridges inability to join the rest of the vertebrates.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018687024 -
Hard News: The korero we've been waiting…, in reply to linger,
I don’t think we should allow our perceptions of meaning to be distorted by those who do apply such terms as metaphors for violence.
The Crusaders also said*:
""In terms of the Crusaders name, we acknowledge and understand the concerns that have been raised. For us, the Crusaders name is a reflection of the crusading spirit of this community, and certainly not a religious statement. What we stand for is the opposite of what happened in Christchurch yesterday; our crusade is one for peace, unity, inclusiveness and community spirit."
Yet the part of the Crusading Spirit they glorify is sword-wielding knights on horses both festooned in Templar Crosses (aka highly charged religious symbology) - not quite sure how that gets their 'peace, unity, inclusiveness and community spirit' message across...
I'm afraid they embrace the noun not the verb.
Etymology reveals an inherent religious connotation:Crusade ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally as croisade): from French croisade, an alteration (influenced by Spanish cruzado) of earlier croisée, literally ‘the state of being marked with the cross,’ based on Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’; in the 17th cent. the form crusado, from Spanish cruzado, was introduced; the blending of these two forms led to.
also worth noting that the original Crusade by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims continues to this day.
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The korero we’ve been waiting for…
…another one that’s long over due is whether The Crusaders can continue under that barbaric ‘brand’.We have left childish things behind – celebrating a squad of ’sword-wielding Saracen slayers’ is not a role model for a well, caring and connected city.
Hopefully the leaders at CRFU and the wider rugby community can see the sense, and the strong message, such a progressive move would send.That’s the future I’d like to live in…
The CrushAdders has a strong local and Kiwi feel to it… -
