Posts by Tom Semmens
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In regards the call to clamp down on the proliferation of liquor outlets, I for one am all in favour of it. The easiest way to stop head on collisions is to take away the circumstances that allow it, i.e. put in a median barrier. The easiest way to stop drinking is to reduce the number of outlets and restrict opening hours. No ifs. No buts. No matter what the drug, people generally stop when they run out. That is how it works in the real world. If we were serious about reducing alcohol related crime we would ban discounting, supermarket sales and hole in the wall liquor outlets and tightly wholesale liquor hours. Of course that won't happen, because it'll run into a bone headed dogmatism about "my right to get a bottle of merlot at 4am if I wish" and a chorus of die in the ditch opposition from the alcohol pushers.
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And the only country song ever sung that I've liked. All the rest should be killed with flamethrowers.
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And here is some Roisin Murphy as well, if the kids don't like her there is no hope for them.
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ah ha! Merci beaucoup.
Gotta have a bit of Depeche Mode to lift the thread.
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Well that was an epic fail at posting a youtube video.
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Greatest rock band in the world....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxOUezyCms
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New Zealanders drive to fast, thats all. They need to be taught that you DON'T have to speed up until you catch that vehicle yonder in the distance. Also, I think that Aucklanders are by far the best drivers in New Zealand (not saying much I know). I think that the vehicle density of a big city or in a teeming place like the U.K. has a Darwinian influence on driving skills...
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Who needs Russell Brown when you've got Joanne Black as the ace in your pack? Apart from that the WWE Smackdown, surprisingly, absolutely rocked at Vector last night.
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How about we leave the angels on the head of a pin stuff around conception and all just agree that human beings are not as altruistic as they would like to think they are, life isn't as black and white as we would wish it to be, and people have been making decisions regarding their fertility and responsibilities vis-a-vis conception and birth control since time immemorial?
Not eveyone who can live has lived. Not everyone who has a right to live has lived. This world isn't fair. That is an immutable fact of our existence. Romans left their unwanted kids on the rubbish tip, Uniuit left theirs out in the snow, we have abortion which to my mind is a million times more merciful to everyone concerned than the infanticide and other such practices of previous generations of humans. Given the generally flawed nature of the human condition, that's about as much as I want to think about the issue.
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"...The Labour party is once again putting its hand in your pocket to pay for an ad..."
David Slack seems to have decided to endorse the National Party for 2008?