Posts by Lyndon Hood

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  • Hard News: Kids these days,

    I blame that damn guy with his peas.

    See, the problem's not the monkeys, it's the <i>monks</i>.

    Yes, there are some things we were not meant to mendel with.

    Well played, team!

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Cracker: Smack Your Kids Up,

    "Reasonable force" remains undefined, which, need I remind you, was the whole problem the Bill was meant to address in the first place.

    Sorry if this has come up, I've just been skimming...

    As I understand it, while 'reasonable force' is not defined, the 'reasonable force' thing only comes into play at all for the things - like directly preventing harmful or offensive behaviour - that you are explicitly allowed to do under the legislation. You would probably be able to do it to an adult as well - some argue the dispensation isn't needed.

    Use of force for correction or discipline or whatever the word was is just forbidden, as was the intent.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Hard News: That's Entertainment,

    Also, I note the greatfirewall people have added a "this version 1.0 may report sites as being ‘blocked’, while there are only technical reasons for their unavailability. " to there test page. I did wonder.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Hard News: That's Entertainment,

    Just checked http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org
    for historyorb.com Feels like an accomplishment to be blocked, as is public address :)

    Everyone who’s blocked gets a badge:

    http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0703/badgeflat160.jpg

    Bearing in mind, as I just said where I originally heard about that site:

    Not that I’m sure I want to encourage getting banned by the Chinese Government as an end in itself - surely one wants The People to be able to read one’s Liberal and/or Democratic rantings - but it does seem like something to celebrate.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Hard News: Sunday newspaper prints…,

    Incidentally, did we see this from October?

    A pan-European cancer campaign was under intense scrutiny last night over the scale of involvement of the world's leading maker of cancer drugs.

    Cancer United, which is due to be launched with a fanfare in Brussels tomorrow, is being presented as a pioneering effort by a coalition of doctors, nurses and patients to push for equal access to cancer care across the EU. However, the campaign is being entirely funded by Roche, the maker of Herceptin and Avastin. A senior company executive sits on the board. The company's PR firm Weber Shandwick is the secretariat and has been heavily promoting it to clinicians and journalists. And the principal study on which it is based has been hotly contested - and was also funded by Roche.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Hard News: Sunday newspaper prints…,

    One specific thing that struck me in the article was the way the effectiveness data was expressed. Clearly and, I assume, accurately.

    If you talk in terms of actual (or example) numbers, you also get to avoid the % sign, much-dreaded and often slightly ambiguous (percentage of what exactly?).

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Island Life: Browned to perfection,

    Yeah, I did use the "reasonably" deliberately and the economy by way of example - not to exclude anything else. I wasn't meaning to argue a position, just respond to the can-it-be-unracist question.

    I do think diversity is strength but I don't seems to have details.

    Blatant criminality? I'm sure various security agencies would still want data on who was coming in - it would drive them mad if they couldn't exclude somebody.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Island Life: Browned to perfection,

    We'd have too many ... X.

    You mean mutants with superpowers?

    [changes gears]

    I assume the class doesn't consider it a matter of racism to, for example, exclude people who you don't reasonably expect to make a positive contribution to that economy thingy.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Island Life: Browned to perfection,

    In short, I'll treat Turia with the same contempt I've poured on Winston Peters for the last two decades.

    Well said. Personally, I'm with Don wondering about the people who are clearly more outraged at this than whatever Winston's last effort would have been. Surely restricting-immigration-to-preserve-our-culture can get called exactly the same names either way?

    Of course, we're used to Winston, and Tariana's seems to somehow not match the facts even worse than his.

    Anyway

    And 100% male...

    ...apart from all the Brownies.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

  • Island Life: Browned to perfection,

    I predict that demographic changes will see more New Zealanders reconnecting with their curmudgeon heritage.

    Does anyone know where I can get lessons in the language?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report

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