Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Even if there is a point of employment law crossed any payout would be cheaper than keeping him on the books for the cost of his $ & evil reputation.
To be fair to police management, Michael, they're in an invidious position. Rickards himself seems to be the only person on earth who thinks full reinstatement is a tenable option. But Police management can't just throw him a blank cheque and say 'write down a number that would make you fuck off' - that neither an appropriate or prudent use of public money. (When was the last time you heard the Police complain they were grossly over-resourced, over-staffed and really getting far too much money from the Government?) If they do sack him, they've also got to be very, very careful they've minimised any risk, because scumbags have access to the Employment Court too.
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Ben:
Yup... Andrew's right. If it bleeds, it leads. If it bleeds and looks photogenically ghastly, it leads and the PM get the 'creeps' in the same story.
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OK, I'm sure everyone wants to change the subject, but you might want to catch PA Radio this Saturday and catch a right-wing male who thinks Dewar's conviction was a damn good thing.
Shouldn't have to state the bleeding obvious but Dewar received a fair trial - including a vigorous defence conducted by a more than competent team of lawyers.
Nine days of evidence was considered by a jury of his peers - and I just don't buy that the man-hating Feminazi Dykeocracy can stack a jury pool that effectively.
They deliberated for over nine and a half hours - which doesn't imply to me that they went into the jury room determined to hang Dewar out to dry.
AFAIK, he has the same access to the aooeals process as anyone else.
In short, he had his day in court - and that's no less valid because the outcome isn't to the liking of some (very noisy) sections of the right-wing commentariat. As far as I'm concerned, you believe in the rule of law or you don't. You believe that rule of law applies to everyone - including current and former Police officers - without fear or favour, or you don't. You believe that a civil society depends on the absolute integrity of the institutions and individuals we trust to uphold the law, or you don't. You believe everyone should accept personal responsibility for their actions, and the consequences that flow from them - or you don't.
And if you don't believe in all of the above, please don't pretend you're any kind of "conservative' or spokesman for the right. At least, don't do it around me.
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But there's a difference between wilfully breaking the law and engaging in consensual group sex.
Don't think you're going to find anyone here arguing anything different. But I'd certainly wonder whether someone who publicly stated that his aquittal on rape charges mean that Louise Nicholas was a "proven liar" is someone who is fit to occupy the highest levels of the Police hierarchy. That didn't happen twenty years ago, Ron, and I really wish you'd stop trying to defend the indefensible.
Oh, and here's another thought experiment: It's not illegal for a middle-aged man to have consensual sex with a 17 year old woman; it is, however, considered a serious matter of professional misconduct if that man is a teacher, and the woman involved is a student. Doctors don't screw their patients either - not if they particularly like practising medicine.
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But I would hate to think that you would be hung, drawn and quoted based on something you said (or did) 20 years ago.
Oooh... unintentionally wandered onto some thin ice there, Ron. Twenty years ago, I was at a boarding school where I was (mercifully) not subject to the predatory attentions of either of these persons.
Sorry, Ron, but if you think there's a statute of limitations on men who (as Russell puts it) "abused the trust placed in them, manipulated the system and preyed on the vulnerable over a period of years", we're just not speaking the same language.
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Ron:
Oh bugger off - if you really think Clint Rickards has shown the judgement and good character required to be reinstated as Assistant Police Commissioner and Auckland City Commander, I've got a few serving Police officers of my acquaintance who'd respectfully like to disagree with you. They're thoroughly sick of being smeared by association with these squalid jerks - and I'm more than a little sick of the ugly campaign of character assassination run against anyone who has the gall to even suggest that the Police are not beyond scrutiny, criticism and accountability.
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Makes his audition for Little Britain too horrible to contemplate, though... Take my advice, Robyn, never sleep with a man who provides a running commentary track during sex - let alone one who does it in the third person. There's good freak and bad freak.
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WTF? If that is Lord Lucan, thirty three years living in Marton is punishment enough,
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Can I just bang my head on the studio desk for three minutes this week? I'm glad Dewar went down, but God... it's really been one of those weeks that tests your faith in humanity.
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I think he'd tell you that what you're seeing on screen now is the fruit of the trade that a bunch of people learned on our medical soap.
Hey, I don't dis soap writers and actors - because the sheer volume of material you're got to keep churning out (and the rather obsessive fans if you're doing it right) means you've got to learn your craft and forget the tortured artist bullshit.
It's Tom Baker for me as well - he had Leela (Leeeeeeeela)
Oy... she scared the poop out of me. Pardon me for getting all geeky, but I can't imagine ending up getting married to the wettest Time Lord ever ended up well for either party. :)
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