Posts by George Darroch
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Here we call those "The After Ball", and schools threaten to cancel your ball if they go ahead.
It would have been nice if they were school sanctioned - that way you wouldn't have to get venue hire from one of Auckland's larger criminal organisations, or (on the other side of the tracks) have a friendly parent who also happens to own commercial real estate.
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It was around the same time (I think) as our failed attempt at an NZ version of Hey Hey It's Saturday.
They've revived that show in Australia. Only it screens on Wednesdays.
DayOfTheWeekFail.
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It has shaken my conception of AI as a "good" organisation. For me, it raises some critical questions about whose rights are prioritised, and to what extent some rights may need to be traded. I guess it shows that AI is a utilitarian organisation rather than a Kantian one (i.e. balance of good over bad, rather than sticking to unbreakable principles), and your mileage may vary as to whether that's an issue for you.
I'd argue quite the opposite, actually. Amnesty has always supported the rule of law, and the rights of individuals over public utility. In this case, they're arguing for the rights of people with quite odious views to fair and timely trials. Ultimately however, there is a conflict of rights (there always is), and one is going to take precedence over the other. Since its inception Amnesty has taken negative rights as primary.
Their obsession with Guantanamo Bay really annoys me. It is indeed a human rights issue, but there are other things that are equally or more deserving of their time and attention - issues that are almost or completely unknown to the outside world and which they could be focusing our attention.
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You don't think you might be under-estimating the scientific contribution of pagan Greece, Rome and Egypt?
Not to mention the large bodies of scientific knowledge accrued in the Indian subcontinent, millenia before the rise of Greece and Rome.
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Jesus that's a depressing story, Ben.
Much of my extended family still resides in the Exclusive Brethren and are permanently estranged. My grandfather was blocked at the door at his own brother's funeral.
And then on the other side of the family there's the great-uncle I've never met. They disowned him for religious reasons on account of being gay.
I'm not too fond of religions.
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Instead we will get more productivity out of CRIs by changing their performance indicators.
It will be interesting to see if this is a successful approach.
I'm not sure if interesting is the right word there....
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I generally buy 14" CRT televisions. They're cheap, and the shoe is more likely to miss.
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According to Cheese on Toast, this is the new deal:
Breakfast with Matt 6-9am
Morning Glory 9-noon (an extra hour for Charlotte)
The Wire cut back to an hour.
New 1-4pm afternoon shows with various hosts.
Drive with Mikey 4-7pm.
I know this is not terribly constructive, or original, given the conversation so far...
What a load of shit.
I always hated the ego-infested brainless drivel that was Radio Mikey, and loved The Wire, which has been such a bastion of interesting thought.
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The Ihumatao Stonefields are a wonderful place to be, with views of the truly beautiful Manukau Harbour.
The Manukau is one of the gems of Auckland, but seemingly remains almost unknown.
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But what if I'm one of those 99% of the population who does have their perceptions molded passively by things they see? Odds are....
I'll describe the first few seconds (all I could bear to watch). Shots of a cabin in the woods, in black and white. A recognisably female limp hand hanging out of a crate. Some blonde female hair in a water trough.
That was enough to make me very upset. I'm now extremely angry.
Angry that this man (and those who helped him) thinks he has the right to use the idea of extreme violence and killing in such a way. It should not be illegal, but damn right it should be condemned.