Posts by Dean Wallis
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Hard News: Doing over the witness, in reply to Dylan Reeve,
But it’s seriously ridiculous for anyone to be saying they know how better police time should be spent with no information at all on how it actually is spent.
Sorry, a poor argument. It is like saying that Nazi Germany wasn't that bad because we don't know "exactly" what they did. Personally I would say that it is reasonable to assume that we all have a fairly good idea of how police time is spent, and because of that assumption we can comment on the perceived "usefulness" of the Nicky Hagar home invasion. It does seem a little irregular that the police choose to toss over a witness's house in a victimless crime as opposed to chasing meth dealers.
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Hard News: Doing over the witness, in reply to Tinakori,
That’s fine as long as the perpetrator is prepared to accept the consequences should they be caught. If they are not it quickly becomes the excuse of the tyrant through the ages – those laws don’t apply to me because of my motives and the threat posed by those whose rights I am violating. That isn’t healthy for any part of the political spectrum.
I'm a bit unclear here - are you describing the Nicky Hagar/Whaledump camp or the John Key/Whaleoil camp?
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I think John Key has a mental typo - Lord of the Files indeed!
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So,so tired of political reporting in NZ. Standards are incredibly low currently - does/could anyone disagree? Armstrong's piece in the Herald yesterday - "absolute mayhem" - trumpeted wild headlines and then completely failed to describe any factual basis for those headlines. Thank (your deity of choice) for Russell Brown, I say.
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Greg Dawson,
it wouldn’t be too hard to pin down who exactly it is
I for one would love to know. It would be satisfying to troll-bait his den and see if he really enjoys anonymous posters.
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Jake Starrow,
My workmates really loved the impact I kept making.
It must be a barrel of laughs at that carwash
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Angela Hart,
Why encourage him? He’s distracting, he’s annoying and he’s wasting time we could be spending in a valuable exchange of ideas and information.
A good point Angela, however it fascinates me to see if we can actually tease out something that would enlighten us all. I have recently been swapping opinions with right-wing acquaintances and am working on a theory that there is no conscious thought associated with right-wing politics. Due to the inability to elucidate anything more than "he's a lovely man" or "Run, John, Run", none of my samples has come up with anything useful.
Although not having studied the subject thoroughly, my working hypothesis is that if your politics fall towards the right-wing, the more you are controlled by the Limbic System, rather than conscious rational thought. This explains several things - of course the alien shape-shifter allegations, and also the fact that John Key is of a comedic nature.
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Jake Starrow,
I know there are no such words as “bitter” or “cynical” or “envious” or phrases such as “chip-on -the-shoulder” on Planet Key.
How about "delusional"?
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Jake Starrow,
Were the following governments ineffectual because of their big-personality leaders…eg Lange, Clark, Obama, Thatcher, Clinton, Kennedy etc etc?
Don't forget Hitler, Stalin and Mao. I'm a little unclear on your point?
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Jake Starrow,
let me repeat. I don’t understand Ian’s lingo. Is it commonly spoken where you come from?
Planet Earth? It is quite common and that example is very, very clever.
On Planet Key I am not sure what language is spoken, could it be Troll?