Posts by mark taslov
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Well that ripped my heart out of chest, dowsed it in kerosine, grilled it for a couple of eons, slapped it between two folic acid laced buns and Federer served it back into the tiny compartment from whence it was issued. I'm staggered that the Womens refuge isn't already fully funded by the Government.
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Thanks Sofie.
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ok, so we'll spend $150K on an internet filter to keep children safe...
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Just out of interest Matthew, how much would the procedure outlined in thought 3 cost roughly?
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At about the same time, my partner was a volunteer at our children's kindergarten, running the library there. He wasn't vetted, but there were tight and awkward controls on what he was allowed to do - so if a child tried to sit on his lap, he had to push them off, there was no hugging or comforting allowed.
It just seems so unhealthy for a society to become like that. I remember when I first came to China, I was taken aback when people would randomly touch me, especially children. Over time I've acclimatized to this idea that here unlike NZ or the UK, society hasn't simply and conveniently labelled me a stranger danger suspect or potential pedophile by virtue of my gender, and that as an adult I am expected to exhibit the responsibility and love of any good uncle which may involve (eek!) physical interaction. I can imagine that may not translate well culturally, but major Tom, you're floating in the most peculiar way.
Having followed the old Weatherston trial pretty religiously, the articles near the end of the week re the psyche reports seemed to mention disassociation a fair bit. In light of the example you just mentioned Emma, it's not hard to see how our people have become disassociated from the expectation of natural loving human behaviour in favour of distrust.
It's likewise not hard to understand how this impending 'good parenting' referendum could come to pass. Out on a far flung limb I feel the essence of the whole original 'smacking' debate seemed tantamount to the Government declaring that New Zealanders in general don't offer enough love to children. The issue as it was presented was not that we should show children more love but that we should use less violence. The subtext is pretty disturbing, I know many New Zealanders who were never smacked growing up, but who despite their keenest protestations were sent weekly onto a rugby field to get the shit beat out of them by other kids, because "it's the game our family plays".
How is this all connected?
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Bringing War Games into that has got to be worth some points.
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Sadly with my family's rather outlandish political views we hid in the bush, but your post rings bells for me. Since I've been wherever the hell I am, I've been approached by three separate organizations seeking assistance marketing their products locally, none of them from New Zealand. Patriot that I am I naturally refused.
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Understood. As for any lingering shame, I hope that some day soon Ellis will receive some form of full exoneration & apology. Until then, Lynley Hood has done a phenomenal job of putting the truth on record.
I agree. time for class...
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he Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System, funded with $150,000 in this year’s Budget, will be operated by the Department in partnership with ISPs, and will focus solely on websites offering clearly objectionable images of child sexual abuse, which is a serious offence for anyone in New Zealand to access.
$150,000
I wonder what the budget will be for the system focusing solely on websites offering clearly objectionable images murder.“If we did, inevitably some people would visit them in the interim, effectively facilitating further offending and making the Department party to the further exploitation of children,”
That implies that at some point in the future the list would be made available, which would be good.
possibly
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<quote>You seem to be implying that Peter Ellis is a victim of society's failure to offer some form of early intervention to those afflicted with a 'disposition' to molest children. For the record, there is no evidence that the massive injustice dealt to Ellis stems from anything other than a ghastly moral panic. Unless you're prepared to lend your energies to his full and complete exoneration you'd do well to leave the poor guy out of whatever it is that you're trying to prove.<quote>
Sorry if that was unclear Joe, The Peter Ellis mention was in no way about him per se but by the damage done to him and the children in the process of using the children as pawns in the whole nightmare. It was merely an afterthought to that post, I had hoped the quote directly below the link might have given some indication as to what I was getting at ie' that the alleged victim has twice been an alleged victim. as you say the "ghastly moral panic". I'm not trying to prove anything Joe, I merely mentioned that this victim, whose mother twice made unproven allegations was in turn turned into a victim of sorts because of the 'shame, and hysteria that surrounds the issue. Mention of that case in an argument against the hysteria and misguided and somewhat inadequate measures being taken now to resolve this deeply rooted problem are not essential, but one may argue that it is relevant when taking into account the number of children dragged through that mess.