Posts by BenWilson
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So, let us not generalise too much about farmers not organising to match possible climate variations with long term investment. Where it counts, they have.
Yes, farmer bashing is just as easy here as non-farmer bashing is on Kiwiblog, but that doesn't make either of them right. Farmers pay their taxes too, all of which goes into the collective pot. I think it's more a matter of national mythology than fact about who it is that plans and works collectively in NZ.
I work collectively with my colleagues, but couldn't give a flying crap about the rest of the IT industry in NZ, any more than I care about the farmers. There is next to no collective investment in the infrastructure that makes my business work. I don't know anyone else who works collectively either, except in so far as they pay their taxes or work for the government.
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Tom, I agree on the aversion to conflict, but consensual decision making remains to be shown. Corridor meetings and sullen inertia are hardly signals of preference for collective decision making. Nor is being brash or a go-getter a signal of flying in the face of it. Having lived and worked in Ozzie for about 5 years I realized that just because they mouth off a lot doesn't mean they don't listen. They just have a different style. They seemed to me to be ever so slightly less individualistic - the mouthing off seemed to me to be their way of seeking support from the group. Ozzies are great team players, as the sports fields clearly show.
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Opposing opinions can be found in some number amongst screeching Kiwiblog commenters.
The screeching ones, yes. But I wouldn't say the bulk of them are opposed.
How large an outrage would be required to make us draw back? A thousand dead? A hundred thousand? A million?
Good question. Would Iraq really be a good enough reason to refuse a free trade deal with the USA? Not that one is ever really on offer...
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Funny thing is, working collectively used to be a hallmark of how things were done in New Zealand. Combined with bountiful markets it did ultimately tend to produce a stultifying absence of risk, but it certainly wasn't all bad.
I don't know if either our memory of the past or our perception of the present are correct about this. Working collectively is a very poorly defined concept.
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Actually I've just realized there's an english word. Bittersweet.
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What's the word for "that would be heartwarming if it wasn't so heartbreaking"?
I'm sure there's a German word the neatly encapsulates the idea in 13 syllables. Freudenaberzuschaden vielleicht?
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DIM, I think it's more traditional to dash the beverage with the back of your hand...
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For general edumication, I watched the show on Firefox no problem. Watch those Adblock settings, if you're having troubles.
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A hell of a week. You'll get used to all those helpers, I'm sure. Except the guy who brings the bad coffee.
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International Observer - are you sure you don't have a virus tacking itself onto your attachments? Most services would block those. But a dodgy router could also cause troubles with big attachments. If you lose connection you can't pick up the transfer later with most mail servers.
Problem is, there's so many ways that mail can fail to get through it's really hard to answer your question without a lot of to-ing and fro-ing. How big are your attachments that are getting blocked?
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