Posts by Sacha
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I do wish that the "Preview" button would update the page as well as previewing the comment.
Great idea for the cactus elves!
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Surely what Veitch has now admitted doing would in and of itself tend to: "lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society, ... cause the person to be shunned or avoided, or... cause the person to be exposed to hatred, contempt or ridicule."
But hey, I understand that our glorious justice system lets one protect as much reputation as one can buy.
I really wonder if all the talk of suicide attempts wasn't just a smart gambit on the part of the defence team, knowing that when the time came it could be used to leverage their client out of a custodial sentence.
I couldn't possibly comment..
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Agree about caution. Can one of our legally savvy friends perhaps link to info about what "actionable" looks like?
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I'd welcome advice from anyone who was familiar with the sentencing guidelines.
Those spin doctors were a good investment:
Doctor Bill Hodge, associate professor of the University of Auckland's Faculty of Law, said when comparing it to a range of similar cases, Veitch's sentence "appears not to be on the harsh side, it would be on the light side".
And Devoy noted:
But it is a different kettle of fish when you are writing a letter of support of someone coming up for sentencing. And I know that because I have written a letter recently for someone who is actually serving 10 years and six months for something probably a lot less than what Tony has done."
I believe the judge said on telly last night that sentencing this criminal to jail was too dangerous for his health and that the victim would not support it either, which matched the non-vindictive demeanor Dunne-Powell showed with John Campbell.
The judge was probably correct, given Veitch's fragile mental state alongside his rampant ego fed by family, industry and supporters. Sure, guilt is complex but I can't fathom how a person can deny they've done something wrong while repeatedly trying to kill themselves over it. Or were the suicide attempts also spurred by this manchild's obvious self-pity?
Like Sue above, I have to question the quality of all this counselling he has supposedly had.
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Is Tze Ming still in town?
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I presume there are studies that attempt to level external factors and determine the best-fit indicator of educational success?
No Google-foo here either but I think the big longitudinal Chch study showed it purely comes down to wealth of the students' families - which generally correlates well but not universally with a supportive home environment, resources, etc. I think the Lauder references in Russell's post may be to that research series?
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Hic.
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only for those who refuse to adapt.
Exactly.
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Sterve clearly had my drink while I was still editing bloody reports this eve. Oh well.
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Thanks, Mark. That Kevin Kelly piece is brilliant.
Well, what can't be copied?
There are a number of qualities that can't be copied. Consider "trust." Trust cannot be copied. You can't purchase it. Trust must be earned, over time. It cannot be downloaded. Or faked. Or counterfeited (at least for long). If everything else is equal, you'll always prefer to deal with someone you can trust. So trust is an intangible that has increasing value in a copy saturated world.
...When anyone buys a version of something they could get for free, what are they purchasing?
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