Posts by MikeE
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Oh NO..
The UK Cake Epidemic has hit NZ.
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Was at the launch function. The prominant uploaders made me want to go postal.
Though it was interesting to meet the free hugs guy!
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Indeed, Newman and her ilk scare the shit out of me.
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Oh .. and may I direct you to page 105 of Rodney's book "my year of living dangerously" for an interesting quote :-)
Also:
http://www.act.org.nz/prohibition_doesnt_work_why_baning_party_pills_is_a_bad_idea
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I think there was a strong conservative redneck base prior to '05 and just after. Once the nats got out the dog whistl they all ran over that way. Theres probably a few around the margins, but by and large I think that its more liberal.
If you remember in 06 there was an article on one of the board leaving due to "libertarian" elements ahving too much influence!
As I said, look at the voting record on social issues.
Votes against strengthening the terrorism suppression act
Votes against banning BZP and criminalising its users
Votes for legalising prostitution
etcI don't think rodney has changed at all on social issues. He's been very liberal as long as I've known him. The main change has been how hes conducted himself in parilament, trying to work with other parties on an issue by issue basis rather than against them and with the nats.
And considering the nats would like to see me in jail for consuming BZP we know where they stand. Filthy bloody tories!
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Most likely he inhaled it from a soda bottle, which you can do one handed while driving. An once the hit comes on, you just have lose track of what you are doing long enough to hit something (like a bridge abutment).
I'm certain I heard it on National Radio, but I can't find it on the interweb anywhere...
Still - incredibly unlikely. I'd say more likely he had NOS earlier that day, and probably either booze or just shitty driving. He crashes the car, and its blamed on the nos, even though there is only correlation, not cause.
Just like the guy in Greymouth who was put into a coma "due to bzp" even though he had consumed a cocktail of drugs that night.
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It's a bugger that Act MPs haven't been a bit more like you, Mike.
Have a look at their voting records (at least post 2005 election, there were some scary fucking conservatives on before then, i.e. Newman etc) on social issues such as prostitution law reform, BZP, terrorism suppression act, death with dignity etc..
I think you'll see that they are, just that it isn't reported.
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And you'll find conservatives on the right and left.
You only have to look at labour, maori party, united future, jim anderton and the nats stance on criminalising users of BZP to see this.
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Tom Beard:
a) not all liberals are left wing
b) you'd probably find as much people on either side of the spectrum who would support drug law reform, especially with cannabis (thought this would change with other substances as ignorance sets in "I heard that you get high on E by cracking" etc)For instance, myself, ACT voter who supports legalising and regulating all substances, as I dont' think people should be treated as criminals for what they put into their own bodies.
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I suspect Anderton may have been referring to that young guy who Darwined himself by taking NOS whilst driving in Nelson a couple of years back. He hit the Bridge St bridge, the car flipped and he drowned in the Maitai.,
One wonders how in the hell someone manages to first get a baloon over a cracker, then cracks thenos into it, manages to fill the baloon, inhales and then manages to hold the NOS in their lungs long enough for it to have any effect on their driving (apart from the fact that it would be bloody hard to concentrate while doing this and you'd need two hands).
To be honest, I don't believe that NOS would have had any impact on his driving ability, as he wouldn't have been likely to have had nos while driving - and as mentioned, it is such a short term high that it wouldn't hav elasted long enough.
I call bullshit on that one.