Posts by Jake Pollock
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Pass. If they think the law is working why not vote in favour of the status quo?
So, even though they have both expressed support for the current law, and have both said they won't vote but have criticised not only the question as asked but called into question the CIR legislation as it stands, effectively giving an up yours to every single person who signed the petition, and even though you're personally advocating defacing the ballot and essentially taking the same position as Key and Goff, you're still going with the 'pox on both their houses' thing? Fascinating.
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And was I the only one who would have been a lot more impressed with Key and Goff if they'd just said it was a political swamp not worth wading into? They'd have been right, and honest
Goff said, in the article Russell linked to:
The so-called anti-smacking law was working as it was intended to.
Key said:
Government would change the smacking law if it was not working . . . "There's only been the one now documented case and I'm satisfied that the law is working.
Both of them have 'waded into the swamp', and come down quite clearly on the side of the current law. You can be impressed with them now.
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It's one of those inherent contradictions in capitalism that my Marxist friends keep telling me about.
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Hitler was a vegetarian, you know.
True, but is Roger Douglas?
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Umm, George Darroch is a Green Party activist.
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I'm barely resisting the temptation to say something vile about mayonnaise, Russell.
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The comments thread in that article is particularly charming.
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To return to the point I made much earlier in the day, here is the video of Isaac Ross using the same pronunciation of 'texts' as John Key.
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Meanwhile, eMusic adds Sony, raises prices.
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Now his new album, Moondagger, the first with a full band, is out. It's on eMusic, but not available to people in New Zealand.
Hmmm, I'm downloading it right now. Do they go by IP address or credit card details?