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Island Life: Oliver's Army

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  • Raymond A Francis,

    Great idea,how about some Labour M.Ps 'cause some of them are going to be looking for something to do if the polling is correct and they are great at sticking their noses into other peoples business

    The only thing that stops this idea as a goer is "whipping them into shape"
    Easy to be a tough man on the mean streets when no one else is armed, not so easy when the odds are more even

    45' South • Since Nov 2006 • 578 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    as you were emptying your popcorn bucket and watching the Dirty Dozen getting shot, stabbed, and blown up by Germans, you were contemplating the meaning of individualism, collectivism, cultural relativism, racism, patriotism and duty.

    Wikipedia is psychic! Except I do my contemplating in front of The Sarah Connor Chronicles these days.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz,

    I feel Michael Laws should be somewhere at the head of the column - I can see him heroically splashing onto the beaches of the Zimbabwe coast under withering fire.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    actually I kind of imagine Laws as the hotheaded full-of-himself lieutenant who jumps up and does something incredibly stupid and gets shot as soon as they hit the beach - the crusty non-coms (all gangmembers who've been around the block many times) just look at each other knowingly

    Rickard of course plays the major who gets shot by his own troups during training

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Hosking,

    Careful David.
    It's no laughing party when you've been on the murder mile.

    South Roseneath • Since Nov 2006 • 830 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    Why is it so very satisfying to imagine Michael Laws as David Schwimmer in this particular Band of Brothers?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Wammo,

    The invincible Ross Kemp barks orders at the motley crew while David Bain whimpers in his foxhole as bullets whiz by, eventually forced to hold the rifle in trembling hands and fire his first bullet.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 42 posts Report Reply

  • dc_red,

    I was just wondering this morning whether it would be illegal - or morally dubious even - to raise a private bounty on Mugabe's head? Say 100 bloggers pledging $100/each (NZD no less!).

    Oil Patch, Alberta • Since Nov 2006 • 706 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    I feel Michael Laws should be somewhere at the head of the column

    It could be called Laws' Burkes

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Lucy Stewart,

    I volunteer the guy who started that Asian crime-fighting group. He seems pretty eager to shoot someone.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2105 posts Report Reply

  • Josh Preston,

    If only we'd taken a shot at Mugabe during the CHOGM conference 15 or so years ago in Aotea Square. We were protesting his comments that gays and lesbians were like pigs and dogs, and a merry bunch of us led by the inimicable Stanley Manthyng screamed out chants like 'Hip hip hip hooray! All my friends have turned out gay!"

    Well what else could you have said?!

    But he was right there; metres away from us; glowering in disgust. Still sends chills down my spine today!

    Auckland • Since Jun 2008 • 1 posts Report Reply

  • Zippy Gonzales,

    Can we also send along a reality TV crew to Zimbabwe as well?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 186 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Can we also send along a reality TV crew to Zimbabwe a

    Maybe something by Julie Christie, so he's driven to suicide?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Michael Stevens,

    Great comment there Josh. If only...

    General Question: If Mugabe goes, do we have any idea that the military and all his henchmen simply won't continue the terror? If he keeled over tomorrow from a heart attack, there is no guarantee that the regime will change is there?

    It's not just Mugabe I guess is what I'm saying - there's a whole infrastructure of corruption and violence that he has built up.

    How will the world deal with all that?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 230 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Years ago, when Nelson Mandela visited the Beehive & someone set off the fire alarms so that everyone except Nelson & Jim Bolger had to file past the anti-terrorism squad (subbing for the geriatric Beehive security guards) out to the front...

    there was a fellow strutting around in camo gear, he wasn't official, just, I think, some security force wannabe.

    He marched up to everyone who was unfortunate enough to catch his eye & enthusiastically proclaimed

    "Isn't it a great day to be a New Zealander!"

    Well, I think we should send him.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Rachel Prosser,

    That would put a different angle on Intrepid Journeys. Kind of like a NewZild version of Da Ali G show.

    I wasn't sure what Michael Laws was saying. It seemed to be that we had gangs who were enemies of the state, like in Zimbabwe.
    And that he wanted to adopt the Zimbabwe (i.e. Mugabe) tactics of sending the army in against internal enemies of the state.

    Laws has some pretty twisted views about Africa. I happened to be listening to his April 1 show, and wasn't sure if what I was hearing was a lame April Fool's joke or just pure prejudice in action.

    He had a long rant about the problem with Africans (he made no distinction between nations or ethnicities- all Africans on a huge continent were swept into the same boat) and how "they" were incapable of governance, were corrupt and so forth (I can't remember all the details now, or I'd quote him). I half-expected it to turn up as a Race Relations complaint, but nothing happened.

    Christchurch • Since Mar 2008 • 228 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Thomas,

    I volunteer the guy who started that Asian crime-fighting group. He seems pretty eager to shoot someone.

    ...or at least hit someone with a dustbin.

    Quote, "I tell you what, we are martial arts people, we know how to defend ourselves - a chair, a dustbin -anything can be a weapon"

    hilarious, and tragic.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 317 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    David:

    I'm shocked you missed the opportunity to piggy-back an export drive for our 'creative industries' -- fascinatingly fascist uniforms by Karen Walter, ordinance courtesy of Weta Workshop, fabbo camo netting handcrafted by Trelise Cooper. Then we can get Kate Sylvester to bang up a medal.

    And though it might breach multiple UN conventions, we cap it off with the Kiwibank Mini roaring through the street of Harrare with Michael Laws' greatest shits cranked up to 11. If that doesn't make Mugabe drop dead nothing will.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    And though it might breach multiple UN conventions, we cap it off with the Kiwibank Mini roaring through the street of Harrare with Michael Laws' greatest shits cranked up to 11. If that doesn't make Mugabe drop dead nothing will.

    This is where I lol'd.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    Why is it so very satisfying to imagine Michael Laws as David Schwimmer in this particular Band of Brothers?

    A perfect characterisation. Someone who, in equal measures, is self-important and devoid of self-awareness!

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh,

    I agree with the two who mention Michael Laws sploshing onto the beach.... And then the Mozambique police politely ask him to put his weaponry down, explain that Zimbabwe, being landlocked, doesn't actually have a coastline, and offer to arrange for his transport home.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    The Asian Anti-crime Group is an interesting developement.

    By naming themselves that are they opposing the 'other' ethnic group(s) in Sth Auckland?

    "Low did not want his face shown on television for fear of recrimination"

    May I suggest a pointed white hood Mr Low?
    http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1866312

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report Reply

  • Nick D'Angelo,

    __Quote, "I tell you what, we are martial arts people, we know how to defend ourselves - a chair, a dustbin -anything can be a weapon"__

    hilarious, and tragic.

    But can you blame them? The Asian community are seen as easy pickings in South Auckland so I can understand why someone is keen to re-establish the idea that all Asians are Ninja Masters who can kill with their bare hands.

    Simon Laan • Since May 2008 • 162 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    Chris wrote:

    I agree with the two who mention Michael Laws sploshing onto the beach.... And then the Mozambique police politely ask him to put his weaponry down, explain that Zimbabwe, being landlocked, doesn't actually have a coastline, and offer to arrange for his transport home.

    damn, how do I get this coffee out of my keyboard

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

    Laws has some pretty twisted views about Africa. I happened to be listening to his April 1 show, and wasn't sure if what I was hearing was a lame April Fool's joke or just pure prejudice in action. He had a long rant about Africans (sweeping all Africans into the same boot) were incapbable of governance, were corrupt and so forth (I can't remember the details).

    This was the exact same Michael Laws who, during the 1981 Tour, wrote a university thesis justifying the apartheid regime in South Africa.

    I volunteer the guy who started that Asian crime-fighting group. He seems pretty eager to shoot someone.

    The name Latasha Harlins comes to mind. We know what happened after that.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

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