Posts by Keir Leslie
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Up Front: It's Complicated, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
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Yes: tactically, a charge of sexual conduct with young person under 16 is way way easier to prove. You don't even have to prove the defendant knew the victim was under 16: the defendant has to show they took reasonable steps + had reasonable grounds + consent.
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New Zealand doesn't have an "age of consent" at 16. There's no presumption that an under-16 year old can't consent. (If you took reasonable steps to discover age + had reasonable grounds to think the young person was over 16, and they consented, that's a defence to a charge of sexual conduct with a person under 16.) And if you rape an under-16, that's a different (more serious) crime, and presumably if the young person consented to sex, that would be a defence though haven't checked.
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I tend to trust the ACLU. Other than that, yeah.
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
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Erm. Sort of --- see Whitlam.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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Hamish Keith does have a cheek running his mouth about the arts establishment in NZ given that he himself is a substantial chunk of it.
Also, as far as Labour’s arts policy goes, here’s the draft Platform, which has a chapter on NZ Identity etc. If you want to go have a look at that and feedback on it, I’m sure the Party (ahem) will take it seriously.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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I actually kinda don't agree with Hamish Keith there. Anyway, must dash, Physics Room opening (Gavin Hipkins) in 10 minutes.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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Actually it kinda is a pretty good time for the arts in NZ. There's a bunch of Clark era good stuff floating round still, and while Finlayson has been meh at best, lots of things have been just quietly continuing.
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The problem is that the unwashed masses of NZ don't particularly want 'no threshold', and it's a bit problemy to force that onto them.
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland,
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Track record doing what?
You know, I think that unless you chaired a national organisation protesting apartheid, it's probably best not to quibble with Minto's activist credentials. Sure, I disagree with him about a huge amount. But you have to respect the guy.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Stephen Judd,
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Pierre Bourdieu stays in your head for ever and ever and ever, and sometimes you just have to share.