Posts by krothville
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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery, in reply to Angela Hart,
+1.
I've been lurking on PA for a number of years because I really enjoy this place, its lack of trolls, and the ability of people in the comments section to respond rationally and with evidence to differences of opinion. -
Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Are those 100k unique views?
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Amy Gale,
I'm sure you don't mean that to come off as dismissive as it does. "A couple of weeks" is all the time off most of us get, "a family Christmas or wedding" is desperately precious, and "[j]etting back" will eat a huge portion of most people's disposable income.
delurking to say yes, exactly, nail on the head.
Lucy, just because someone is overseas does not mean they will never come back, or don't have an interest in the kind of NZ they will come back to.
Coming back even once is a huge commitment in terms of time off work, jet lag, money etc. I can't honestly think of any jobs that would allow you to take off 3 months at a time.
I think that most people who are overseas long term probably don't bother to vote any more (though I'm not sure where to find evidence of this hunch), because they aren't invested in this country. But those of us who are intending to return, do have a vested interest in what kind of country we come back to.