Posts by nzlemming
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Today's House music:
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Ok, so this might be difficult for people with the reasoning power of a powerful AI. I'll try to speak slowly.
Try saying it without being a condescending prat. We might be more receptive. You still haven't answered my question about why you think alcohol is not a drug. With cited references, please.
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Speaker: The Government lost the election, in reply to izogi,
Under the current MMP system, if MPs can't defect from parties then it's effectively a death sentence for the future of having any small parties at all, because when the existing ones die off it's impossible for new small parties to replace them.
Nope. The Greens existed before the Alliance. The Alliance was, in effect, a mini-coalition of different parties, hence the name. Parties have to grow themselves.
The point about not switching party is that the electorate made a party vote. If you can switch mid-term, that invalidates that vote. Why should an MP be allowed to do that? If they feel strongly enough that they can't continue with their party, they should resign from the job. If a list MP, end of their story, until the next election at least. If an electorate MP, let them present themselves for judgement to their electorate in a bye-election.
Also, 1 new MP asking fellow MPs whether something was appropriate or a good idea does not mean that the Greens as a party were "horse-trading" their vote, as James Shaw has pointed out.
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
So, why bother with craft beer and vineyards and maturing single malt whiskies for 20 years? It's just a drug, why don't we just inject pure industrial ethanol into our eyeballs for a quick and cheap hit?
So, you're saying alcohol is not a drug? Please cite your evidence.
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
NZ has a totally broken attitude to alcohol, it does more harm than any other drug. We are caught in this weird state between prohibition and complete freedom that seems to make the whole problem worse.
You're right, it is broken. This is mainly because, culturally and legally, we don't regard alcohol as a drug.
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to Moz,
he wasn't so Catholic that he avoided adultery, though).
Dude, Catholics invented adultery.
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Still reading, Ian. This is why we need a Like button. And emojis. And moar cowbell.
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Speaker: The Government lost the election, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I hope that road to Damascus didn't damage his nice car's suspension...
I wonder if we could crowdfund actually sending Hosking to Damascus...
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Speaker: The Government lost the election, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Nice.
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Speaker: The Government lost the election, in reply to Tom Semmens,
I don't think I've looked at that swamp since I read Dirty Politics