Posts by Russell Brown
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For the rest of the day, people came up to me wanting to talk about making communities female-friendly. I'm not sure what was more telling: people wanting to phrase the issue in gender terms, or how uncomfortable I was doing it. To me it's a matter of making communities feel safe for people, which I feel is particularly important for shared artistic endeavours.
I mentioned this in my Webstock speech: I tend to use the female contributors as a bellwether. If the women are uncomfortable, then maybe the situation needs intervention.
Not that our female contributors can't handle a robust environment (certainly not since the formation of the Women's XV), but it seems they have a better sense of social tone.
Just a theory.
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I think that's worth remembering. I think if Obama gets the nod ahead of Clinton, McCain will win, and only because he's white.
Dunno ...
The Democrats are on a winner for this year's 2008 Presidential elections, with three polls showing the party likely to storm the Presidency from George W. Bush's Republican Party.
Three major national polls, including those conducted by Gallop and The New York Times show that the Democrats are likely to win the November elections, with most Democrats also now preferring Junior Illinois Senator Barack Obama as their party's candidate. ...
The polls also show that Obama would be the better candidate to beat off likely Republican nominee John McCain, who is aged over 70 and is considered to be light on conservatism - the key plank of the Republican Party.
When you take into account Democratic voter turnouts for the primaries, O looks a pretty good chance.
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Luke has put some of his pics up on the Window Scene blog http://window.org.nz.
That's a nice site.
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Back under my rock now.
Come back!
It seems like every time someone posts along these lines, it turns out that they actually write quite well ..
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McCully as Minister of Broadcasting:
Jonathan Coleman is National's Broadcasting guy now. His press releases haven't been up to much, but I thought he asked good questions when I talked to the Parliamentary Internet Caucus last year.
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Yeah, one would be enough to do my head in too.
I look forward to your party vote for Act then this year Russell :-).
I wish I could think of a suitably witty reply ...
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The higher-quality the content, the more cautious new users are about contributing.
Without meaning to sound wanky, that's an issue on PA System. It's a common reason people give for not participating -- they're a bit intimidated by what's already there.
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Oh hai Mr McCroskie, an article in USA Today says that spanking may lead to sexual problems later:
And, seriously, the institution concerned is regarded as a highly-cited researcher. They're not crazy people.
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So what *is* the correct response?
If necessary, restrain him. Then you have a range of options. Beating a disturbed teenager is not one of them.
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The photo McCully is referring to is here:
The best pic is of Buckwheat in her amazing dress. People burst into applause when she arrived.
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